1 Thessalonians 5:9 NIV

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Thessalonians 5:7-11

1 Thessalonians 5:7-11. For they that sleep, sleep in the night, &c. Night is the time for sleep, and they that are guilty of drunkenness, gluttony, and other vices of intemperance, generally choose to hide them under the cover of darkness; and if we were still in the night of heathenish ignorance, and in a state of spiritual blindness and unbelief, our insensibility of divine things, our unwatchfulness, sloth, and indolence would have some excuse: but being of the day And brought out... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11

Those who are still alive (5:1-11)Paul had already told the Thessalonians that no one knows when Christ will return. He will come as unexpectedly as a thief. His intervention in the affairs of the world will be as sudden as birth pains. His return will smash the non-Christian’s sense of security with a destruction that none will escape (5:1-3). The life of the non-Christian is likened to a dark night of moral laziness and ill-discipline. The life of the Christian is likened to a bright day of... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Thessalonians 5:9

For = Because. Greek. hoti. God . App-98 . hath . Omit. to . App-104 . wrath . Compare 1 Thessalonians 1:10 . obtain = obtaining. Greek. peripoiesis. See Ephesians 1:14 . Lord . App-98 . Jesus Christ . App-98 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Thessalonians 5:9

For God appointed us not unto wrath, but unto the obtaining of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.Appointed us not unto wrath ... Although the wrath of God was not elaborated in this paragraph, it is the background against which every line of it is written. Some are appointed unto wrath, namely, the rebellious and sinful enemies of God and all righteousness; and a prerequisite of salvation is an awareness of... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Thessalonians 5:9

1 Thessalonians 5:9. For God hath not appointed us to wrath,— The primary design of God in sending his Son into this world, was not to condemn the world, but to save it. He did not reveal the gospel that men might sin with the greater aggravation, and so be punished the more; but the motive was love, and the design was mercy: and he hath appointed none to wrath, but such as wilfully and obstinately refuse to believe and obey the gospel. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Thessalonians 5:9

9. For—assigning the ground of our "hopes" (1 Thessalonians 5:8). appointed us—Translate, "set" (Acts 13:47), in His everlasting purpose of love (1 Thessalonians 3:3; 2 Timothy 1:9). Contrast Romans 9:22; Judges 1:4. to—that is, unto wrath. to obtain—Greek, "to the acquisition of salvation"; said, according to BENGEL, Of One saved out of a general wreck, when all things else have been lost: so of the elect saved out of the multitude of the lost (2 Thessalonians 2:13; 2 Thessalonians 2:14). The... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11

C. Personal watchfulness 5:1-11In view of the imminency of Christ’s return Paul exhorted the Thessalonians to be ready to meet the Lord at any time."The former [paragraph, i.e., 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18] offered instruction concerning the dead in Christ; this [paragraph] gives a word of needed exhortation to the living." [Note: Hiebert, p. 207.] Other contrasts between these passages are the Rapture and the day of the Lord, and resurrection and judgment.This pericope deals with the time of... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Thessalonians 5:1-24

III. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTIONS AND EXHORTATIONS 4:1-5:24The second major part of this epistle contains instructions and exhortations about Christian living in general, the Rapture, personal watchfulness, church life, and individual behavior. All of this is vital for believers who are undergoing opposition for their faith. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Thessalonians 5:9-10

Deliverance from the judgments of the day of the Lord (i.e., the outpouring of God’s wrath in the Tribulation) is certain for Christians. It is certain because God has not appointed His children to wrath in any form or at any time (cf. 1 Thessalonians 1:10). In the context, the wrath of the day of the Lord is in view specifically. Rather He has appointed us to full salvation (1 Thessalonians 4:15-17). Whereas Christians do experience divine discipline (cf. Hebrews 12), we will not experience... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Thessalonians 5:1-28

The Need of Watchfulness. Final Injunctions1. Times and seasons] St. Paul always lays stress on the uncertainty as to the time of the Advent (2 Thessalonians 2:2 cp. 2 Peter 3:3-4). 3. When they shall say] i.e. when people are saying.4, 5. Thief] better, ’as thieves.’ Thieves work in darkness. You are all children of light. Live up to your birthright. 6. Let us not sleep] i.e. in carelessness and sin. Others] better, ’the others.’8-10. Mason paraphrases, ’Let us arm ourselves with a brave hope... read more

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Thessalonians 5:7-11

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Thessalonians 5:9

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Thessalonians 5:9

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Thessalonians 5:9

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Thessalonians 5:9

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Thessalonians 5:1-24

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Thessalonians 5:9-10

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Thessalonians 5:1-28

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