1 Thessalonians 2:17
But we, brethren, being bereaved of you for a short season, in presence not in heart, endeavored the more exceedingly to see your face with great desire:
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18wherefore we would fain have come unto you, I Paul once and again; and Satan hindered us.
Cross References
Genesis 45:28and Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him before I die.
2 Samuel 13:39And the soul of king David longed to go forth unto Absalom: for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead.
Psalms 63:1O God, thou art my God; earnestly will I seek thee: My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee, In a dry and weary land, where no water is.
Acts 17:10And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who when they were come thither went into the synagogue of the Jews.
Romans 15:23but now, having no more any place in these regions, and having these many years a longing to come unto you,
Philippians 1:22But if to live in the flesh be my lot, this is the fruit of my work: and what I shall 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 →