1 Thessalonians 2:17
World English Bible (WEB)
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,
In context
15 who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and drove us out, and don’t please God, and are contrary to all men,
16 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.
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,
18 because we wanted to come to you—indeed, I, Paul, once and again—but Satan hindered us.
19 For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Isn’t it even you, before our Lord Jesus at his coming?
1 Thessalonians 2:17 in every translation
- 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,
- 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.
- 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.