1 Thessalonians 2:16-18

Tree of Life Version

¹⁶ hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they might be saved. As a result, they constantly fill up the measure of their sins. But wrath has come upon them at last.

Longing to Visit and Reassure

¹⁷ But brothers and sisters, after we were orphaned by separation from you for a short time (in person, not in heart), we were all the more eager in our great longing to see you face to face. ¹⁸ For we wanted to come to you—I, Paul, more than once—but satan thwarted us.