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16 forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles in order that they might be saved, so that they fill-up[a] the measure of their sins always. But the wrath[b] came[c] upon them to the uttermost[d].

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17 And we, brothers, having been orphaned from you for a season of an hour in face, not in heart, were more eager[e] with great desire to see your face. 18 Because we wanted[f] to come to you— I, Paul, both once and twice[g]— and Satan hindered us.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Thessalonians 2:16 That is, these Jews fill fuller the measure of their sins at all times.
  2. 1 Thessalonians 2:16 That is, the hardening of their hearts and removal of the kingdom from them; or, the end-time wrath beginning with their hardening and looking toward the destruction of Jerusalem and the final wrath associated with the Second Coming.
  3. 1 Thessalonians 2:16 Or, arrived.
  4. 1 Thessalonians 2:16 That is, fully; or, continually; or, finally, at last.
  5. 1 Thessalonians 2:17 Or, made more effort.
  6. 1 Thessalonians 2:18 Or, intended.
  7. 1 Thessalonians 2:18 That is, repeatedly.

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