For God appointed us not unto wrath, but unto the obtaining of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
Observe here, 1. A reason enforcing the apostle's exhortation to holiness of life, For, or because God has not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by Jesus Christ. Note here, 1. What a Christian is not appointed to; he is not appointed to wrath. 2. What he is appointed to, namely, to obtain salvation. 3.
For God hath not appointed us to wrath,.... To destruction and ruin, the effect of wrath; though there are some that are vessels of wrath, fitted for destruction, of old ordained to condemnation, and who are reserved for the day of evil; but there are others who are equally children of wrath, as deserving of the wrath of God in themselves as others, who are...
On what had been said, the apostle grounds seasonable exhortations to several needful duties. I. To watchfulness and sobriety, Th1 5:6. These duties are distinct, yet they mutually befriend one another. For, while we are compassed about with so many temptations to intemperance and excess, we shall not keep sober, unless we be upon our guard, and, unless we keep sober, we shall not long watch. 1.
Commenting on 1 Thessalonians 5:6-10