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1 Thessalonians 2:18

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

KJV

διότι ἠθελήσαμεν ἐλθεῖν πρὸς ὑμᾶς, ἐγὼ μὲν Παῦλος καὶ ἅπαξ καὶ δίς, καὶ ἐνέκοψεν ἡμᾶς ὁ σατανᾶς.

Greek NT

quoniam voluimus venire ad vos, ego quidem Paulus, et semel, et iterum : sed impedivit nos Satanas.

Vulgate

because we would fain have come unto you, I Paul once and again; and Satan hindered us.

ASV

For we would have come unto you, I Paul indeed, once and again: but Satan hath hindered us.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Παῦλος
paulos
noun · 158×
Σατανᾶς
satanas
noun · 36×
δίς
dis
adverb · 6×
διότι
dioti
conjunction · 25×
θέλω
thelo
verb · 208×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
μέν
men
particle · 177×
πρός
pros
preposition · 697×
ἅπαξ
apax
adverb · 14×
ἐγκόπτω
egkopto
verb · 5×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἔρχομαι
erchomai
verb · 627×
ἡμεῖς
emeis
pronoun · 862×
o
article · 19778×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: διότι | WH/Treg/NIV: διότι | RP: διό
  • διότιSBLGNT
  • διότιWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • διόRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Cor 11:12 — But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them which desire occasion; that wherein they glory, they may be found even as we.
  • Dan 10:13 — But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia.
  • Job 33:14 — For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not.
  • Matt 4:10 — Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
  • Rev 2:10 — Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and
  • Rom 1:10 — Making request, if by any means now at length I might have a prosperous journey by the will of God to come unto you.
  • Rom 1:13 — Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you, (but was let hitherto,) that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles.
  • Rom 1:13 — Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you, (but was let hitherto,) that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles.
  • Rom 15:22 — For which cause also I have been much hindered from coming to you.
  • Zech 3:1 — And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him.