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1 Thessalonians 2:16-18
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
1 Thessalonians 2:16-18
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
16 by hindering us from speaking to the gentiles so that they may be saved. Thus they have constantly been filling up the measure of their sins, but wrath[a] has overtaken them at last.[b](A)
Paul’s Desire to Visit the Thessalonians Again
17 As for us, brothers and sisters, when for a short time we were made orphans by being separated from you—in person, not in heart—we longed with great eagerness to see you face to face.(B) 18 For we wanted to come to you—certainly I, Paul, wanted to again and again—but Satan blocked our way.(C)
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