Font Size
1 Thessalonians 2:15-17
New Catholic Bible
1 Thessalonians 2:15-17
New Catholic Bible
15 who killed both the Lord Jesus and the Prophets and also persecuted us.
They displease God and have become enemies of the entire human race 16 by trying to prevent us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they may be saved. In this way, they constantly reach the full measure of their sins. The wrath of God has begun to overtake them at last.
17 The Glory and Joy of the Apostles.[a] Brethren, when we were separated from you for a brief time—in body but not in heart—we had an intense longing to see you again face to face.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- 1 Thessalonians 2:17 Paul perceives the hand of Satan—i.e., the forces hostile to God and to the fulfillment of human beings—behind everything that paralyzes his missionary action.
