For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
For - the ground of our "hope" (1 Thessalonians 5:8).
Appointed us, х etheto (G5087)] - 'set' (Acts 13:47), in His everlasting purpose of love (1 Thessalonians 3:3; 2 Thessalonians 2:14; 2 Timothy 1:9). Contrast Romans 9:22; Jude 1:4.
To - i:e., unto wrath.
To obtain, х peripoieesin (G4047) sooteerias (G4991)] - 'to the acquisition of salvation:' said (Bengel) of one saved out of a general wreck, when all things else are lost: so the elect saved out of the multitude lost (2 Thessalonians 2:13-14). God's 'gracious appointment through Jesus Christ' (Ephesians 1:5) precludes our being able to 'acquire' salvation of ourselves. Christ 'acquired' х periepoieesato (G4046), "purchased"] the Church (and its salvation) with His own blood' (Acts 20:28): each member is appointed by God to the 'acquiring of salvation.' Primarily, God does the work; in the secondary sense, man does it.