1 Thessalonians 2:17-18 But we, brethren, being bereaved of you for a short season, in presence not in heart, endeavored the more exceedingly to see your face with great desire:

JPS_ASV_Byz⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁷ But we, brethren, being bereaved of you for a short season, in presence not in heart, endeavored the more exceedingly to see your face with great desire: ¹⁸ wherefore we would fain have come unto you, I Paul once and again, and Satan hindered us.