1 Thessalonians 2:17-3:1 But we, my brethren, have been bereaved of you for a short time, (in visible presence, not in our hearts,) and have the more exerted ourselves, to behold your faces, with great affection.

Murdock⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁷ But we, my brethren, have been bereaved of you for a short time, (in visible presence, not in our hearts,) and have the more exerted ourselves, to behold your faces, with great affection. ¹⁸ And we purposed to come to you, I Paul, once and again; but Satan hindered me. ¹⁹ For what is our hope, and our joy, and the crown of our glorying; unless it be ye, before our Lord Jesus at his coming? ²⁰ For ye are our glory, and our joy. ³ ¹ And, because we could no longer endure it, we were willing to be left alone at Athens,