1 Thessalonians 2:17

Paul's Desire To Revisit The Thessalonians

¹⁶ hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they may be saved; with the result that they always fill up the measure of their sins. But wrath has come upon them to the utmost. ¹⁷ But we, brethren, having been taken away from you for a short while—in person, not in spirit—were all the more eager with great desire to see your face. ¹⁸ For we wanted to come to you—I, Paul, more than once—and yet Satan hindered us.

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For A Season

Paul

Thessalonica

1 Corinthians 5:3

For I, on my part, though absent in body but present in spirit, have already judged him who has so committed this, as though I were present.

Colossians 2:5

For even though I am absent in body, nevertheless I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good discipline and the stability of your faith in Christ.

Genesis 31:30

Now you have indeed gone away because you longed greatly for your father’s house; but why did you steal my gods?”

Genesis 45:28

Then Israel said, “It is enough; my son Joseph is still alive. I will go and see him before I die.”

Genesis 48:11

Israel said to Joseph, “I never expected to see your face, and behold, God has let me see your children as well.”

2 Samuel 13:39

The heart of King David longed to go out to Absalom; for he was comforted concerning Amnon, since he was dead.

2 Kings 5:26

Then he said to him, “Did not my heart go with you, when the man turned from his chariot to meet you? Is it a time to receive money and to receive clothes and olive groves and vineyards and sheep and oxen and male and female servants?

Psalm 63:1

A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.
O God, You are my God; I shall seek You earnestly;
My soul thirsts for You, my flesh yearns for You,
In a dry and weary land where there is no water.

Luke 22:15

And He said to them, “I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer;

Acts 17:10

The brethren immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea, and when they arrived, they went into the synagogue of the Jews.

Romans 1:13

I do not want you to be unaware, brethren, that often I have planned to come to you (and have been prevented so far) so that I may obtain some fruit among you also, even as among the rest of the Gentiles.

Romans 15:23

but now, with no further place for me in these regions, and since I have had for many years a longing to come to you

Philippians 1:22-26

But if I am to live on in the flesh, this will mean fruitful labor for me; and I do not know which to choose.

1 Thessalonians 3:6

But now that Timothy has come to us from you, and has brought us good news of your faith and love, and that you always think kindly of us, longing to see us just as we also long to see you,

1 Thessalonians 3:10-11

as we night and day keep praying most earnestly that we may see your face, and may complete what is lacking in your faith?