1 Thessalonians 2:18
because we would fain have come unto you, I Paul once and again; and Satan hindered us.
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In The King James Version
Wherefore we would have come unto you, even I Paul, once and again; but Satan hindered us.
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Job 33:14For God speaketh once, Yea twice, [though man] regardeth it not.
Matthew 4:10Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
Romans 15:22Wherefore also I was hindered these many times from coming to you:
2 Corinthians 11:12But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them that desire an occasion; that wherein they glory, they may be found even as we.
Colossians 4:18The salutation of me Paul with mine own hand. Remember my bonds. Grace be with you.
Philemon 1:9yet for love`s sake I rather beseech, being such a one as Paul the aged, and now a prisoner also of Christ Jesus:
Matthew Henry on 1 Thessalonians 2:18-20
Effects of the Christian Ministry. ( a. d. 51.) 17 But we, brethren, being taken from you for a short time in presence, not in heart, endeavoured the more abundantly to see your face with great desire. 18 Wherefore we would have come unto you, even I Paul, once and again; but Satan hindered us. 19 For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming? 20 For ye are our glory and joy. In these words the apostle apologizes for his absence. Here… Read the whole commentary →