1 Thessalonians 5:9-10

The Day of the Lord

⁹ For God has not destined us for _j wrath, but _k to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, ¹⁰ _l who died for us so that whether we are awake or asleep we might live with him.

1. Cross References
   1 Thessalonians 1:10
   And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.
   
2. Cross References
   2 Thessalonians 2:13 - 14
   But we ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you as the firstfruits to be saved, through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth.
   Hebrews 10:39
   But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.
   
3. Cross References
   Romans 14:9
   For to this end Christ died and lived again, that he might be Lord both of the dead and of the living.
   2 Timothy 2:11
   The saying is trustworthy, for: If we have died with him, we will also live with him.