1 Thessalonians 2:18 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

¹⁸ Wherefore we would have come unto you, even I Paul, once and again; but Satan hindered us.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ Wherefore we would have come unto you, even I Paul, once and again; but Satan hindered us.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ Because it was our will to come to you. [I mean that] I, Paul, again and again [wanted to come], but Satan hindered and impeded us.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ because we would fain have come unto you, I Paul once and again; and Satan hindered us.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ We wanted to come to you—I, Paul, tried over and over again—and Satan stopped us.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ 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 Cross References

Job 33:14

For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not.

Matthew 4:10

Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.

Romans 1:13

Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you, (but was let hitherto,) that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles.

Romans 15:22

For which cause also I have been much hindered from coming to you.

1 Corinthians 16:21

The salutation of me Paul with mine own hand.

Philippians 4:16

For even in Thessaloni´ca ye sent once and again unto my necessity.

Colossians 4:18

The salutation by the hand of me Paul. Remember my bonds. Grace be with you. Amen.

2 Thessalonians 3:17

The salutation of Paul with mine own hand, which is the token in every epistle: so I write.

Philemon 1:9

yet for love's sake I rather beseech thee, being such a one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.

Revelation 2:10

Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.