1 Thessalonians 2:17-3:1 BUT we, my brethren, having been bereaved-ones of you the time of an hour, as to our presence,In our faces. but not in our heart, have been the more solicitous to see your faces with great love,

Etheridge⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁷ BUT we, my brethren, having been bereaved-ones of you the time of an hour, as to our presence,[In our faces.] but not in our heart, have been the more solicitous to see your faces with great love, ¹⁸ and have wished to come to you (even) I, Paulos, one time and two; but Satana hindered me. ¹⁹ For what is our hope and our joy, and the crown of our glorying, but you, before our Lord Jeshu at his coming? ²⁰ For you are our glory and our joy. ³ ¹ And because we could not endure, we were willing to be left at Athinos alone,