1 Thessalonians
King James Version (KJV)


“Wherefore we would have come unto you, even I Paul, once and again; but Satan hindered us.”
King James Version (KJV)
2:18 Satan - By those persecuting Jews, #Acts 17:13|.
1Th 2:18 We would have come unto you. Once and again, twice, he had purposed to return to them, but Satan hindered us. How, is not stated, but some difficulties intervened that Paul attributed to Satan. His agency is often manifest when we do not recognize it; sometimes in wicked opposition, sometimes even "as an angel of light" (2Co 11:14).
Wherefore we would haue come vnto you (euen I Paul) once & againe: but Satan hindered vs.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
For we wanted to come to you--I, Paul, more than once--and {yet} Satan hindered us.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
because we would fain have come unto you, I Paul once and again; and Satan hindered us.
- American Standard Version (1901)
For which reason we made attempts to come to you, even I, Paul, once and again; but Satan kept us from coming.
- Basic English Bible
For we wanted to come to you-indeed I, Paul, tried again and again-but Satan obstructed us.
- Berean Standard Bible Bible
wherefore we have desired to come to you, even I Paul, both once and twice, and Satan has hindered us.
- Darby Bible
For we would have come unto you, I Paul indeed, once and again: but Satan hath hindered us.
- Douay-Rheims Bible
because we would fain have come unto you, I Paul once and again; and Satan hindered us.
- English Revised Version
because we wanted to come to you--indeed, I, Paul, once and again--but Satan hindered us.
- World English Bible