“"For God appointed us not unto wrath, but unto the obtaining of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us." Thus God has not inclined to this, that He might destroy us, but that He might save us. And whence is it manifest that this is His will? He has given His own Son for us. So does He desire that we…”
John Chrysostom, 5th c. — Homily on 1 Thessalonians 9
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9For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
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7For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.
8But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.
— 1 Thessalonians 5:9 —
10Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.
11Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.