1 Thessalonians 2:16-18

International Standard Version

¹⁶ as they try to keep us from telling the gentiles how they can be saved. As a result, they are constantly adding to the number of sins they have committed.^[a] However, wrath has overtaken them at last!

Timothy’s Report to Paul

¹⁷ Brothers, although we have been separated from you for a little while—in person but not in heart—we eagerly desire to see you again face to face. ¹⁸ That is why we wanted to come to you. Certainly I, Paul, wanted to come^[b] time and again, but Satan blocked our way.