1Th 5:9 | RWP | e4.org | But unto the obtaining of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ ( αλλα εις περιποιησιν σωτηριας δια του Κυριου ημων Ιησου Χριστου ). The difficult word here is περιποιησιν which may be passive, God's possession as in , or active, obtaining, as in . The latter is probably the idea here. We are to keep awake so as to fulfil God's purpose ( εθετο , appointed, second aorist middle indicative of τιθημ ) in calling us. That is our hope of final victory (salvation in this sense).

‏ 1 Thessalonians 5:9

But unto the obtaining of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ ( αλλα εις περιποιησιν σωτηριας δια του Κυριου ημων Ιησου Χριστου ). The difficult word here is περιποιησιν which may be passive, God's possession as in 1Pe 2:9, or active, obtaining, as in 2Th 2:14. The latter is probably the idea here. We are to keep awake so as to fulfil God's purpose ( εθετο, appointed, second aorist middle indicative of τιθημ ) in calling us. That is our hope of final victory (salvation in this sense).