1 Thessalonians 2:17
But we, brethren, bereaved of you for a short moment, in person, not in heart, have more abundantly longed to see your face with great desire.
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
18Therefore we wished to have come unto you, even I Paul, once and again; but Satan prevented us.
Cross References
Acts 17:10Then the disciples immediately by night sent off both Paul and Silas to Berea; who were no sooner arrived, than they went into the synagogue of the Jews.
Romans 15:23but now having no longer cause to detain me in these regions, and having an earnest desire to come unto you for many years past,
Philippians 1:22But if it be his will, that I should live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my travail: and what to chuse 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 →