1 Thessalonians 2:17
But we, brethren, having been taken from you for a short time, in person, not in heart, did, with great desire, endeavor the more earnestly to see your face.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
18For this reason, we intended to go to you, (I Paul) both once and again, but Satan hindered us.
Cross References
Acts 17:10And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night to Berea; and when they had come, they went into the synagogue of the Jews.
Romans 15:23But now, having no longer a place in these regions, and having had for many years a strong desire to come to you,
Philippians 1:22But if this, my life in the flesh, would be profitable for my work in the ministry, verily, what I should choose I know not.
Matthew Henry on 1 Thessalonians 2:14-17
Effects of the Christian Ministry. ( a. d. 51.) 13 For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe. 14 For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of God which in Judæa are in Christ Jesus: for ye also have suffered like things of your own countrymen, even as they have of the Jews: 15 Who both killed the Lord… Read the whole commentary →