1 Thessalonians 5:9 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

because God did not appoint us to anger, but to the acquiring of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

English ASV

For God appointed us not into wrath, but unto the obtaining of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

English Amplified

For God has not appointed us to [incur His] wrath [He did not select us to condemn us], but [that we might] obtain [His] salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah)

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

For God has not appointed us to [incur His] wrath [He did not select us to condemn us], but [that we might] obtain [His] salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah)

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

For God has not appointed us to suffer wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

because God has not set us for wrath, but for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

English EASY 2024

God did not choose us as his people so that he could be angry with us. He chose us so that he could save us because of what our Lord Jesus Christ has done.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

God did not choose us to suffer his anger. God chose us to have salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.

For God has not destined us for wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

English GNT (Good News Translation)

God did not choose us to suffer his anger, but to possess salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

English God's Word - GW 1995

It was not God's intention that we experience his anger but that we obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

English KJV 1611

For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,

English LSB

For God has not appointed us for wrath, but for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

For God has not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

For God has not destined us for wrath, but for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

For God did not destine us for wrath, but to gain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

For God did not destine us for wrath but for gaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

God didn't choose us to receive his anger. He chose us to receive salvation because of what our Lord Jesus Christ has done.

English NIV

For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.

English NKJ 1982

For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

English NLT

For God decided to save us through our Lord Jesus Christ, not to pour out his anger on us.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

For God has destined us not for wrath but for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

For God has not destined us for wrath but to possess salvation through our Lord Jesus, the Anointed One.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

For God has not destined us for wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

For God has not chosen to pour out his anger upon us but to save us through our Lord Jesus Christ;

English Tyndale 1537

For God hath not appointed us unto wrath: but to obtain health(salvation) by the means of our Lord Jesu Christ,

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