American Standard Version
"because we would fain have come unto you, I Paul once and again; and Satan hindered us. "
— 1 Thessalonians 2:18, American Standard Version
“Wherefore we would have come unto you, even I Paul, once and again; but Satan hindered us.”
“because we wanted to come to you--indeed, I, Paul, once and again--but Satan hindered us.”
“For we wanted to come to you(I, Paul, in fact tried again and again) but Satan thwarted us.”
“For we would have come unto you, I Paul indeed, once and again: but Satan hath hindered us.”
“For which reason we made attempts to come to you, even I, Paul, once and again; but Satan kept us from coming.”
“Wherefore we would have come unto you, even I Paul, once and again; but Satan hindered us.”
who both killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove out us, and please not God, and are contrary to all men;
forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they may be saved; to fill up their sins always: but the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.
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:
because we would fain have come unto you, I Paul once and again; and Satan hindered us.
For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of glorying? Are not even ye, before our Lord Jesus at his coming?
For ye are our glory and our joy.