1 Thessalonians 2:18 - Revised Version 1885 because we would fain have come unto you, I Paul once and again; and Satan hindered us. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Wherefore we would have come unto you, even I Paul, once and again; but Satan hindered us. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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) because we would fain have come unto you, I Paul once and again; and Satan hindered us. Common English Bible We wanted to come to you—I, Paul, tried over and over again—and Satan stopped us. 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. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For we would have come unto you, I Paul indeed, once and again: but Satan hath hindered us. |
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.
And I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you (and was hindered hitherto), that I might have some fruit in you also, even as in the rest of the Gentiles.
The salutation of me Paul with mine own hand. Remember my bonds. Grace be with you.
The salutation of me Paul with mine own hand, which is the token in every epistle: so I write.
yet for love's sake I rather beseech, being such a one as Paul the aged, and now a prisoner also of Christ Jesus:
Fear not the things which thou art about to suffer: behold, the devil is about to 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 the crown of life.