And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.
This distinguishes them from the Jews, as 1 Thessalonians 1:9, from the idolatrous Gentiles. To wait for the Lord's coming patiently х anamenein (G362)] is characteristic of a true believer, and was prominent amidst the graces of the Thessalonians (1 Corinthians 1:7-8). As joy is the characteristic feature of the letter to the Philippians, so hope, of this letter. His coming is seldom called His return (John 14:3); because the two advents are different phases of the same coming. The second coming shall have features altogether new, so that it will not be a mere repetition of the first, or a mere coming back.
His Son ... raised from the dead - the grand proof of His divine Sonship (Romans 1:4).
Delivered, х ton (G3588) ruomenon (G4506)] - 'who delivereth us.' Christ hath once for all redeemed us: He is 'our Deliverer' ALWAYS.
Wrath to come - `the wrath which is coming' [present participle, tees (G3588) erchomenees (G2064)]: surely, as the principles of God's moral government are fixed (1 Thessalonians 5:9; Colossians 3:6): the holy anger of God against sin, which, deeply considered, only serves to evince His love (Ellicott).