1 Thessalonians 5:9

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

Ver. 9. God hath not appointed us] As he hath all drunken beasts,1 Corinthians 4:10. Yet, all those dry drunkards, Isaiah 28:1, that will not awake (though never so much warned) out of the snare of the devil, &c., 2 Timothy 2:25 .

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Scofield Reference Notes

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

God hath not appointed us to wrath — As he hath the obstinately impenitent.

⁹ For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,

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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

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