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15 the ones also[a] having killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and having driven us out, and not being pleasing to God, and being contrary[b] to all people, 16 forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles in order that they might be saved, so that they fill-up[c] the measure of their sins always. But the wrath[d] came[e] upon them to the uttermost[f].

We Sent Timothy To Establish You Amidst Your Afflictions, And That I Might Know Your Faith

17 And we, brothers, having been orphaned from you for a season of an hour in face, not in heart, were more eager[g] with great desire to see your face.

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  1. 1 Thessalonians 2:15 Or, both.
  2. 1 Thessalonians 2:15 Or, hostile, opposed.
  3. 1 Thessalonians 2:16 That is, these Jews fill fuller the measure of their sins at all times.
  4. 1 Thessalonians 2:16 That is, the hardening of their hearts and removal of the kingdom from them; or, the end-time wrath beginning with their hardening and looking toward the destruction of Jerusalem and the final wrath associated with the Second Coming.
  5. 1 Thessalonians 2:16 Or, arrived.
  6. 1 Thessalonians 2:16 That is, fully; or, continually; or, finally, at last.
  7. 1 Thessalonians 2:17 Or, made more effort.

15 who killed the Lord Jesus(A) and the prophets(B) and also drove us out. They displease God and are hostile to everyone 16 in their effort to keep us from speaking to the Gentiles(C) so that they may be saved. In this way they always heap up their sins to the limit.(D) The wrath of God has come upon them at last.[a]

Paul’s Longing to See the Thessalonians

17 But, brothers and sisters, when we were orphaned by being separated from you for a short time (in person, not in thought),(E) out of our intense longing we made every effort to see you.(F)

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  1. 1 Thessalonians 2:16 Or them fully