New Testament · SCRIPTURE
1 Thessalonians 2:18
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For we wanted to come to you—indeed I, Paul, tried again and again—but Satan obstructed us.
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Wherefore we would have come unto you, even I Paul, once and again; but Satan hindered us.
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because we wanted to come to you—indeed, I, Paul, once and again—but Satan hindered us.
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ASVAmerican Standard Version
because we would fain have come unto you, I Paul once and again; and Satan hindered us.
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Therefore we wanted to come to you⁺—indeed I, Paul, both once and twice—and Satan obstructed us.
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1 Thessalonians 2
16 hindering us from telling the Gentiles how they may be saved. As a result, they continue to heap up their sins to full capacity; the utmost wrath has come upon them.
17 Brothers, although we were torn away from you for a short time (in person, not in heart), our desire to see you face to face was even more intense.
18 For we wanted to come to you—indeed I, Paul, tried again and again—but Satan obstructed us.
19 After all, who is our hope, our joy, our crown of boasting, if it is not you yourselves in the presence of our Lord Jesus at His coming?
20 You are indeed our glory and our joy.
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