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because we wanted to come to you -- indeed, I, Paul, once and again -- but Satan hindered us.
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Paul's Personal Longing
Scholars highlight the phrase "even I Paul" to show that this was a deep, personal desire of the apostle himself, not just a general wish of his team. He had tried to return "once and again" (multiple times), countering any thought that he didn't care enough to visit in person.
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1 Thessalonians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Wherefore we would have come unto you, even I Paul. The phrase "even I Paul," seems to be used for emphasis; he had a special desire to go…
Because (διοτ). As in 2:8.
We would fain have come to you (ηθελησαμεν ελθειν προς υμας). First aorist acti…
19th Century
Anglican
We would.—This means not merely a conditional tense, but “we were ready to come—meant to come.”
Even I Paul.
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Therefore, as if he were not satisfied with his already-overwhelming expressions of his feeling for the Thessalonians, Paul proceeds to prove his l…
16th Century
Protestant
Satan hindered us. Luke relates that Paul was in one instance hindered (Acts 20:3), since the Jews laid an ambush for him on h…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Wherefore we would have come to you They not only had a will, and purposed in themselves, and entered into some reso…
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This world is not a place where we are to be always, or long together. In heaven holy souls will meet, and never part again. And though the apostle…
13th Century
Catholic
In the preceding section, the Apostle disclosed the nature of his coming to them; here he indicates the nature of their conversion. In addressing t…
