1Th 5:9-10 | NETfull | STEP | For God did not destine us for wrath but for gaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Thessalonians 5:9-10

9 For God did not destine us for wrath ^{▼▼ God did not destine us for wrath. In context this refers to the outpouring of God’s wrath on the earth in the day of the Lord (1 Thess 5:2–4).} but for gaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. 10 He died ^{▼▼ Grk “the one who died,” describing Jesus Christ (1 Thess 5:9). Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started at the beginning of v. 10 in the translation.} for us so that whether we are alert or asleep ^{▼▼ The phrases alert or asleep may be understood (1) of moral alertness (living in faith, love, and hope as vv. 6, 8 call for, versus being unresponsive to God) or (2) of physical life and death (whether alive or dead). The first fits better with the context of 5:1–9, while the second returns to the point Paul started with in 4:13–18 (no disadvantage for the believing dead).} we will come to life together with him.