1 Thessalonians 2:17
Brothers, although we were torn away from you for a short time (in person, not in heart), our desire to see you face to face was even more intense.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
18For we wanted to come to you—indeed I, Paul, tried again and again—but Satan obstructed us.
Cross References
Genesis 45:28“Enough!” declared Israel. “My son Joseph is still alive! I will go to see him before I die.”
2 Samuel 13:39And King David longed to go to Absalom, for he had been consoled over Amnon’s death.
Psalms 63:1O God, You are my God. Earnestly I seek You; my soul thirsts for You. My body yearns for You in a dry and weary land without water.
Acts 17:10As soon as night had fallen, the brothers sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. On arriving there, they went into the Jewish synagogue.
Romans 15:23But now that there are no further opportunities for me in these regions, and since I have longed for many years to visit you,
Philippians 1:22But if I go on living in the body, this will mean fruitful labor for me. So what shall I choose? I do not know.
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 →