1 Thessalonians 2:17
King James Version (KJV)
But we, brethren, being taken from you for a short time in presence, not in heart, endeavoured the more abundantly to see your face with great desire.
In context
15 Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men:
16 Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.
17 But we, brethren, being taken from you for a short time in presence, not in heart, endeavoured the more abundantly to see your face with great desire.
18 Wherefore we would have come unto you, even I Paul, once and again; but Satan hindered us.
19 For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?
1 Thessalonians 2:17 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- But we, brethren, being taken from you for a short time in presence, not in heart, endeavoured the more abundantly to see your face with great desire.
- WEB World English Bible
- 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,
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Brothers, although we were torn away from you for a short time (in person, not in heart), our desire to see you face to face was even more intense.
- ASV American Standard Version
- 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:
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And we, brethren, having been taken from you for the space of an hour — in presence, not in heart — did hasten the more abundantly to see your face in much desire,
- DBY Darby Translation
- But we, brethren, having been bereaved of you and separated for a little moment in person, not in heart, have used more abundant diligence to see your face with much desire;
- WBS Webster Bible
- But we, brethren, being taken from you for a short time in presence, not in heart, endeavored the more abundantly to see your face with great desire.