the Week of Proper 21 / Ordinary 26
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1 Thessalonians 2:18
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For we wanted to come to you—I, Paul, more than once—and yet Satan hindered us.
For we wanted to come to you—I, Paul, more than once—and yet Satan hindered us.
We, especially I, Paul, have attempted to return time and time again. But that old forked-tail devil has seemed to block the way every single time.
For which reason we made attempts to come to you, even I, Paul, once and again; but Satan kept us from coming.
wherefore we have desired to come to you, even I Paul, both once and twice, and Satan has hindered us.
So we wanted to come to you—even I, Paul, time and again—but Satan hindered us.
because we wanted to come to you -- indeed, I, Paul, once and again -- but Satan hindered us.
Wherefore we would have come to you (even I Paul) once and again, but Satan hindered us.
On this account we wanted to come to you--at least I Paul wanted again and again to do so--but Satan hindered us.
Wherefore we would haue come vnto you (euen I Paul) once & againe: but Satan hindered vs.
Because of this, we desired to come to you, truly I, Paul, both once and twice; but Satan hindered us.
Therfore wolde we haue come vnto you, (I Paul) two tymes, but Sathan withstode vs.
this I Paul have frequently attempted, but Satan has been my obstacle.
For we wanted to come to you—I, Paul, again and again [wanted to come], 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--I, Paul, again and again--but Satan hindered us.
And therfore we wolde have come vnto you I paul once and agayne: but Satan with stode vs.
because we wanted to come to you, I Paul once and again; and Satan hindered us.
Wherefore we would have come to you, even I Paul, once and again; but Satan hindered us.
wherefore we wished to come unto you, (I indeed Paul,) both once and again, and the Adversary did hinder us;
We wanted to come to you. I, Paul, tried to come more than once, but Satan stopped us.
For we wanted to come to you (I, Paul, in fact tried again and again) but Satan thwarted us.
For we wanted to come to you-indeed I, Paul, tried again and again-but Satan obstructed us.
We really wanted to come. I myself tried several times, but Satan always stopped us.
We wanted so much to come to you — I, Sha'ul, tried more than once — but the Adversary stopped us.
because we wanted to come to you—I, Paul, again and again—but Satan hindered us.
Therefore we would haue come vnto you (I Paul, at least once or twise) but Satan hindered vs.
And we have wanted to come to you; I, Paul, tried several times but Satan hindered me.
because we wanted to come to you -- indeed, I, Sha'ul, once and again -- but Hasatan hindered us.
That is why we wanted to come to you. Certainly I, Paul, time and again wanted to come,time and again">[fn] but Satan blocked our way.Romans 1:13; 15:22;">[xr]
and have wished to come to you (even) I, Paulos, one time and two; but Satana hindered me.
And we purposed to come to you, I Paul, once and again; but Satan hindered me.
Therefore we wanted to come to you--even I, Paul, time and again--but Satan hindered us.
We wanted very much to come to you, and I, Paul, tried again and again, but Satan prevented us.
We wanted to come to you. I, Paul, have tried to come to you more than once but Satan kept us from coming.
because we would fain have come unto you, I Paul once and again; and Satan hindered us.
For we wanted to come to you—certainly I, Paul, wanted to again and again—but Satan blocked our way.
Wherefore, we desired to come unto you - even, I, Paul, both once and again, - and, Satan, thwarted us.
For we would have come unto you, I Paul indeed, once and again: but Satan hath hindered us.
because we wanted to come to you—I, Paul, on more than one occasion—and Satan hindered us.
And therfore we woulde haue come vnto you, (I Paul) once agayne: but Satan hyndered vs.
Yes, we wanted to come to you. I, Paul, tried more than once to come, but Satan stopped us.
For we wanted to come to you—I, Paul, more than once—and Satan hindered us.
We wanted to return to you. I myself tried to go back more than once, but Satan would not let us.
For we wolden come to you, yhe, Y Poul, onys and eftsoone, but Sathanas lettide vs.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
even: 1 Corinthians 16:21, Colossians 4:18, 2 Thessalonians 3:17, Philemon 1:9
once: Job 33:14, Philippians 4:16
Satan: Zechariah 3:1, Zechariah 3:2, Romans 1:13, Romans 15:22, 2 Corinthians 11:12-14, Revelation 2:10, Revelation 12:9-12
Reciprocal: Ezra 4:24 - So Daniel 10:13 - the prince Acts 15:36 - and see Romans 1:10 - request 2 Corinthians 1:17 - according Galatians 4:20 - to be Galatians 5:2 - I Paul 1 Thessalonians 3:10 - praying 2 Thessalonians 3:2 - delivered 1 Timothy 3:14 - hoping
Cross-References
And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.
And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
Then Naomi her mother in law said unto her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee?
Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the Lord .
But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin, if she pass the flower of her age, and need so require, let him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them marry.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Wherefore we would have come unto you,.... They not only had a will, and purposed in themselves, and entered into some resolutions to come unto them, but endeavoured to put them into execution:
even I Paul: as well as Silas and Timothy; the latter of which had been with them, and the others had as good a will, and especially Paul: and that
once and again: or "once and twice" so the Jews used h to speak
×¤×¢× ×¨×ש×× × ××©× ×××, "one time and a second"; that is, several times:
but Satan hindered us. The Syriac and Ethiopic versions read, "hindered me"; by moving the mob which rose at Thessalonica, to go to Berea, and disturb the apostle there; which obliged him, contrary to his will, to go to Athens instead of returning to Thessalonica, as he intended; and when at Athens, from whence also he might purpose to return thither, he was hindered by the disputes the Jews and the Stoics, and Epicurean philosophers, had with him; and after that, might be prevented by the lying in wait of the Jews for him, of which he might be informed; or by disturbances raised in the church, or churches where he was, by the false teachers; which required his stay with them, to oppose and refute error and heresy and to make up differences that arose among true Christians, fomented by Satan and his emissaries; see Romans 1:13. Satan does all he can to hinder the preaching of the Gospel, the hearing of the word, the profession of religion, and the saints coming together, and having spiritual conversation with each other; being, as his name "Satan" signifies, an enemy to Christ and his interest, and to the souls of men: indeed he can do nothing but by divine permission, nor can he hinder the will of God, and the execution of that, though he often hinders the will of man, or man from doing his will; he hindered the apostle from doing what he willed and purposed, but he did not hinder the will of God, which was that Paul should be employed in other work elsewhere.
h Maimon. in Hilch. Chobel, c. 5. sect. 10.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Wherefore we would have come unto you, even I Paul - The phrase âeven I Paul,â seems to be used by way of emphasis. He had a special desire to go himself. He had sent Timothy to them 1 Thessalonians 3:2, 1 Thessalonians 3:5, and perhaps, some might have been disposed to allege that Paul was afraid to go himself, or that he did not feel interest enough in them to go, though he was willing to send one to visit them. Paul, therefore, is at much pains to assure them that his long separation from them was unavoidable.
But Satan hindered us - Compare the notes on 2 Corinthians 12:7. In what way this was done is unknown, and conjecture would be useless. The apostle recognized the hand of Satan in frustrating his attempt to do good, and preventing the accomplishment of his strong desire to see his Christian friends. In the obstacles, therefore, to the performance of our duty, and in the hindrances of our enjoyment, it is not improper to trace the hand of the great enemy of good. The agency of Satan may, for aught we can tell, often be employed in the embarrassments that we meet with in life. The hindrances which we meet with in our efforts to do good, when the providence of God seems to favor us, and his word and Spirit seem to call us to a particular duty, often look very much like the work of Satan. They are just such obstructions as a very wicked being would be glad to throw in our way.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 18. Even I Paul — He had already sent Timothy and Silas to them; but he himself was anxious to see them, and had purposed this once and again, but Satan hindered; i.e., some adversary, as the word means, whether the devil himself, or some of his children. There was, however, such a storm of persecution raised up against him, that his friends did not think it prudent to permit him to go till the storm had been somewhat allayed.
