1Th 5:9, 1Pe 2:8, Jude 4 | ISV | STEP | For God has not destined us for wrath but for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

1 Thessalonians 5:9

9 For God has not destined us for wrath but for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,Rom 9:22; 1Thes 1:10; 2Thes 2:13-14; 1Pet 2:8; Jude 1:4

8 a stone they stumble over and a rock they trip on.” ^{▼▼Ps 118:22; Isa 8:14}Exod 9:16; Isa 8:14; Luke 2:34; Rom 9:22, 33; 1Cor 1:23; 1Thes 5:9; Jude 1:4

They keep on stumbling because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.

4 For some people have slipped in among you unnoticed. They were written about long ago as being deserving of this condemnation because they are ungodly. They turn the grace of our God into uncontrollable lust and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.Rom 9:21-22; Gal 2:4; Titus 1:16; 2:11; Heb 12:15; 1Pet 2:8; 2Pet 2:1, 10; 1John 2:22