1 Thessalonians 5:9

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1 Thessalonians 5:9

For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,

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and to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead—Jesus, who rescues us from the coming wrath.

so that no one will be shaken by these persecutions. For you yourselves know that we are appointed to this.

However, I have let you live for this purpose: to show you My power and to make My name known in all the earth.

The Lord has prepared everything for His purpose—
even the wicked for the day of disaster.

“This is what the Lord God says: On that day, thoughts will arise in your mind, and you will devise an evil plan.

The Son of Man will go just as it is written about Him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for that man if he had not been born.”

“For it is written in the Book of Psalms:

Let his dwelling become desolate;
let no one live in it;

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Let someone else take his position.

When the Gentiles heard this, they rejoiced and glorified the message of the Lord, and all who had been appointed to eternal life believed.

For though her sons had not been born yet or done anything good or bad, so that God’s purpose according to election might stand—

Nevertheless, God’s solid foundation stands firm, having this inscription:

The Lord knows those who are His,

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Everyone who names the name of the Lord
must turn away from unrighteousness.

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A stone to stumble over,

and a rock to trip over.

They stumble because they disobey the message; they were destined for this.

They will exploit you in their greed with deceptive words. Their condemnation, pronounced long ago, is not idle, and their destruction does not sleep.

For some men, who were designated for this judgment long ago, have come in by stealth; they are ungodly, turning the grace of our God into promiscuity and denying Jesus Christ, our only Master and Lord.

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What then? Israel did not find what it was looking for, but the elect did find it. The rest were hardened,

But we must always thank God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because from the beginning God has chosen you for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and through belief in the truth.

one who was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and an arrogant man. But I received mercy because I acted out of ignorance in unbelief.

This is why I endure all things for the elect: so that they also may obtain salvation, which is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.

Once you were not a people,
but now you are God’s people;
you had not received mercy,
but now you have received mercy.

Simeon Peter, a slave and an apostle of Jesus Christ:

To those who have obtained a faith of equal privilege with ours through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ.