Catholic Public Domain Version
"For we wanted to come to you, (indeed, I, Paul, attempted to do so once, and then again,) but Satan impeded us. "
— 1 Thessalonians 2:18, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Wherefore we would have come unto you, even I Paul, once and again; but Satan hindered us.”
“because we would fain have come unto you, I Paul once and again; and 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 also killed both the Lord Jesus, and the Prophets, and who have persecuted us. But they do not please God, and so they are adversaries to all men.
They prohibit us to speak to the Gentiles, so that they may be saved, and thus do they continually add to their own sins. But the wrath of God will overtake them in the very end.
And we, brothers, having been deprived of you for a short time, in sight, but not in heart, have hurried all the more to see your face, with a great desire.
For we wanted to come to you, (indeed, I, Paul, attempted to do so once, and then again,) but Satan impeded us.
For what is our hope, and our joy, and our crown of glory? Is it not you, before our Lord Jesus Christ at his return?
For you are our glory and our joy.