1 Thessalonians 5:9

For God did not destine us for wrath ¹  but for gaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Ex 9:16; Pr 16:4; Eze 38:10-17; Mt 26:24; Ac 1:20,25; Ac 13:48; Ro 9:11-23; Ro 11:7,30; 1Th 1:10; 1Th 3:3; 2Th 2:13,14; 1Ti 1:13,16; 2Ti 2:10; 2Ti 2:19,20; 1Pe 2:8; 1Pe 2:10; 2Pe 1:1; 2Pe 2:3; Jude 1:4

¹ sn God did not destine us for wrath. In context this refers to the outpouring of God’s wrath on the earth in the day of the Lord (1 Thess 5:2-4).