1 Thessalonians 2:18

WEB

¹⁸because we wanted to come to you—indeed, I, Paul, once and again—but Satan hindered us.

KJV

¹⁸Wherefore we would have come unto you, even I Paul, once and again; but Satan hindered us.

BSB

¹⁸For we wanted to come to you—indeed I, Paul, tried again and again—but Satan obstructed us.

FBV

¹⁸We really wanted to come and visit you, and I, Paul, tried again and again—but Satan stopped us.

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Extra References

Romans 15:22

²²Therefore also I was hindered these many times from coming to you,

Romans 1:13

¹³Now I don’t desire to have you unaware, brothers, that I often planned to come to you (and was hindered so far), that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among the rest of the Gentiles.

¹⁰Don’t be afraid of the things which you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested; and you will have oppression for ten days. Be faithful to death, and I will give you the crown of life.

2 Corinthians 11:12-14

¹²But what I do, that I will continue to do, that I may cut off opportunity from those who desire an opportunity, that in which they boast, they may be recognized just like us. ¹³For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as Christ’s apostles. ¹⁴And no wonder, for even Satan masquerades as an angel of light.

Zechariah 3:1-2

¹He showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the LORD’s angel, and Satan standing at his right hand to be his adversary. ²The LORD said to Satan, “The LORD rebuke you, Satan! Yes, the LORD who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Isn’t this a burning stick plucked out of the fire?”

Job 33:14

¹⁴For God speaks once, yes twice, though man pays no attention.

Matthew 4:10

¹⁰Then Jesus said to him, “Get behind me,^[+] Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and you shall serve him only.’”

Revelation 12:9-12

⁹The great dragon was thrown down, the old serpent, he who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.

¹⁰I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now the salvation, the power, and the Kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ has come; for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them before our God day and night. ¹¹They overcame him because of the Lamb’s blood, and because of the word of their testimony. They didn’t love their life, even to death. ¹²Therefore rejoice, heavens, and you who dwell in them. Woe to the earth and to the sea, because the devil has gone down to you, having great wrath, knowing that he has but a short time.”

Colossians 4:18

¹⁸I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand. Remember my chains. Grace be with you. Amen.

Philemon 1:9

⁹yet for love’s sake I rather appeal to you, being such a one as Paul, the aged, but also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.