1 Thessalonians 1:10 BSB

1 Thessalonians 1:10

and to await His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead—Jesus our deliverer from the coming wrath.

BSB

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ASV

and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, who delivereth us from the wrath to come.

KJV

And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.

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Commentary

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Thomas Aquinas

Commentary on 1 Thessalonians (1274)

Since those who serve Him deserve a reward, and because this is the case with the Thessalonians, it remains for them to expect a reward; so Paul says to them, "to wait for his Son," that is, God, descending from heaven. "Be like men who …

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The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

Whom he hath raised from the dead - In proof of his future coming to judgment. Who delivereth us - He redeemed us once; he delivers us continually; and will deliver all that believe from the wrath, the eternal vengeance, which will then come upon the ungodly.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

He came to purchase salvation, and will, when he comes again, bring salvation with him, full and final deliverance from sin, and death, and hell, from that wrath which is yet to come upon unbelievers, and which, when it has once come, will be yet to come, because it is everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels, Mt. xxv.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 1806: “A Summary of Experience and a Body of Divinity” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1884)

‘For they themselves show of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God; and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.’1 Thessalonians 1:9-10. IN Thessalonica the conversions to the faith were remarkable. Paul came there without prestige, without friends, when he was in the very lowest condition; for he had just been beaten and imprisoned at Philippi, and had fled from that city.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

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Original language & word study

22 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἀναμένειν	anamenein	to await	G362 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
υἱὸν	huion	Son	G5207 →
αὐτοῦ	autou	of Him	G846 →
ἐκ	ek	from	G1537 →
τῶν	tōn	the	G3588 →
οὐρανῶν,	ouranōn	heavens,	G3772 →
ὃν	hon	whom	G3739 →
ἤγειρεν	ēgeiren	He raised	G1453 →
ἐκ	ek	out from	G1537 →
τῶν	tōn	the	G3588 →
νεκρῶν,	nekrōn	dead,	G3498 →
Ἰησοῦν	Iēsoun	Jesus	G2424 →
τὸν	ton	who	G3588 →
ῥυόμενον	rhuomenon	is delivering	G4506 →
ἡμᾶς	hēmas	us	G3165 →
ἐκ	ek	from	G1537 →
τῆς	tēs	the	G3588 →
ὀργῆς	orgēs	wrath	G3709 →
τῆς	tēs	which	G3588 →
ἐρχομένης.¶	erchomenēs	is coming.	G2064 →

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Thessalonians 5:9
For God has not appointed us to suffer wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.
leads to
- 1 Peter 2:10
  Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
- 2 Timothy 2:10
  For this reason I endure all things for the sake of the elect, so that they too may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.
- Acts 13:48
  When the Gentiles heard this, they rejoiced and glorified the word of the Lord, and all who were appointed for eternal life believed.
- Proverbs 16:4
  The LORD has made everything for His purpose—even the wicked for the day of disaster.
Through
Matthew 3:7
But when John saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his place of baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?
leads to
- Matthew 12:34
  You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks.
- Matthew 22:23
  That same day the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Jesus and questioned Him.
- Romans 5:9
  Therefore, since we have now been justified by His blood, how much more shall we be saved from wrath through Him!
- Matthew 23:33
  You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape the sentence of hell?

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