1 Thessalonians 2:16-18

Jubilee Bible 2000

¹⁶forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up the measure of their sins always, for the wrath of God has come upon them to the uttermost.

¹⁷¶ But we, brethren, being taken from you for a short time in presence, not in heart, endeavoured the more abundantly with great desire to see your face.

¹⁸Therefore we would have come unto you, even I, Paul, once and again, but Satan hindered us.

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1 Thessalonians 2:16-18

New International Version

¹⁶in their effort to keep us from speaking to the Gentiles^(A) so that they may be saved. In this way they always heap up their sins to the limit.^(B) The wrath of God has come upon them at last.^[a]

Paul’s Longing to See the Thessalonians

¹⁷But, brothers and sisters, when we were orphaned by being separated from you for a short time (in person, not in thought),^(C) out of our intense longing we made every effort to see you.^(D) ¹⁸For we wanted to come to you—certainly I, Paul, did, again and again—but Satan^(E) blocked our way.^(F)