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1 Thessalonians 2:17
“But we, brothers, being bereaved of you for a short season, in presence, not in heart, tried even harder to see your face with great desire,”
Verse in context — 1 Thessalonians 2
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who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and drove us out, and didn't please God, and are contrary to all men;
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forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they may be saved; to fill up their sins always. But wrath has come on them to the uttermost.
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But we, brothers, being bereaved of you for a short season, in presence, not in heart, tried even harder to see your face with great desire,
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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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For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Isn't it even you, before our Lord Jesus at his coming?
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