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1 Thessalonians 2:15-17
Lexham English Bible
1 Thessalonians 2:15-17
Lexham English Bible
15 who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and who persecuted us, and who are not pleasing to God and are opposed to all people, 16 hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles in order that they may be saved, so that they always fill up their sins. But wrath has come upon them to the end.[a]
Paul’s Desire to Revisit the Thessalonians
17 But when[b] we were made orphans by separation from you, brothers, for a short time[c] (in face, not in heart), we were even more eager with great desire to see your face,
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- 1 Thessalonians 2:16 Or “has come upon them at last”
- 1 Thessalonians 2:17 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“were made orphans by separation”) which is understood as temporal
- 1 Thessalonians 2:17 Literally “the time of an hour”
1 Thessalonians 2:15-17
New International Version
1 Thessalonians 2:15-17
New International Version
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)
Footnotes
- 1 Thessalonians 2:16 Or them fully
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