1 Thessalonians 2:17
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.
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15 Who both killed the Lord Yahusha, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not Elohim, 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 therefore we would have come unto you, even I Paul, once and again; but Satan hindered us.
19 For what our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? not even ye in the presence of our Lord Yahusha Messiah at his coming?