1 Thessalonians 2:18

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For which reason we made attempts to come to you, even I, Paul, once and again; but Satan kept us from coming.

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  • Rom 15:22 : 22 For which reason I was frequently kept from coming to you:
  • Rom 1:13 : 13 You may be certain, my brothers, that it has frequently been in my mind to come to you (but till now I was kept from it), so that I might have some fruit from you in the same way as I have had it from the other nations.
  • Rev 2:10 : 10 Have no fear of the things which you will have to undergo: see, the Evil One will send some of you into prison, so that you may be put to the test; and you will have great trouble for ten days. Be true till death, and I will give you the crown of life.
  • Rev 12:9-9 : 9 And the great dragon was forced down, the old snake, who is named the Evil One and Satan, by whom all the earth is turned from the right way; he was forced down to the earth, and his angels were forced down with him. 10 And a great voice in heaven came to my ears, saying, Now is come the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ: because he who says evil against our brothers before our God day and night is forced down. 11 And they overcame him through the blood of the Lamb and the word of their witness; and loving not their lives they freely gave themselves up to death. 12 Be glad then, O heavens, and you who are in them. But there is trouble for the earth and the sea: because the Evil One has come down to you, being very angry, having the knowledge that he has but a short time.
  • Job 33:14 : 14 For God gives his word in one way, even in two, and man is not conscious of it:
  • Zech 3:1-2 : 1 And he let me see Joshua, the high priest, in his place before the angel of the Lord, and the Satan at his right hand ready to take up a cause against him. 2 And the Lord said to the Satan, May the Lord's word be sharp against you, O Satan, the word of the Lord who has taken Jerusalem for himself: is this not a burning branch pulled out of the fire?
  • Matt 4:10 : 10 Then said Jesus to him, Away, Satan: for it is in the Writings, Give worship to the Lord your God and be his servant only.
  • 2 Cor 11:12-14 : 12 But what I do, that I will go on doing, so that I may give no chance to those who are looking for one; so that, in the cause of their pride, they may be seen to be the same as we are. 13 For such men are false Apostles, workers of deceit, making themselves seem like Apostles of Christ. 14 And it is no wonder; for even Satan himself is able to take the form of an angel of light.
  • Phil 4:16 : 16 Because even in Thessalonica you sent once and again to me in my need.
  • Col 4:18 : 18 I, Paul, give you this word of love in my handwriting. Keep in memory that I am a prisoner. Grace be with you.
  • 2 Thess 3:17 : 17 These words of love to you at the end are in my writing, Paul's writing, and this is the mark of every letter from me.
  • 1 Cor 16:21 : 21 I, Paul, send you these words of love in my writing.

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  • 1 Thess 2:16-17
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    16 Who, to make the measure of their sins complete, kept us from giving the word of salvation to the Gentiles: but the wrath of God is about to come on them in the fullest degree.

    17 But we, my brothers, being away from you for a short time, in body but not in heart, had all the more desire to see your face;

  • Rom 15:22-23
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    22 For which reason I was frequently kept from coming to you:

    23 But now, having no longer any place in these parts and having had for a number of years a great desire to come to you,

  • 1 Thess 2:19
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    19 For what is our hope or joy or crown of glory? Are not even you, before our Lord Jesus, at his coming?

  • Rom 1:13
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    13 You may be certain, my brothers, that it has frequently been in my mind to come to you (but till now I was kept from it), so that I might have some fruit from you in the same way as I have had it from the other nations.

  • 2 Cor 2:11-12
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    11 So that Satan may not get the better of us: for we are not without knowledge of his designs.

    12 Now when I came to Troas for the good news of Christ, and there was an open door for me in the Lord,

  • 1 Thess 3:4-7
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    4 And when we were with you, we said to you that trouble was before us; and so it came about, as you see.

    5 For this reason, when I was no longer able to keep quiet, I sent to get news of your faith, fearing that you might be tested by the Evil One and that our work might come to nothing.

    6 But now that Timothy has come to us from you, and has given us good news of your faith and love, and that you have happy memories of us, desiring greatly to see us, even as we do to see you;

    7 For this cause, brothers, in all our trouble and grief we were comforted about you because of your faith;

  • 1 Thess 2:1-2
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    1 For you yourselves, brothers, are conscious that our coming among you was not without effect:

    2 But after we had first undergone much pain and been cruelly attacked as you saw, at Philippi, by the help of God we gave you the good news without fear, though everything was against us.

  • 2 Cor 1:15-16
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    15 And being certain of this, it was my purpose to come to you before, so that you might have a second grace;

    16 And by way of Corinth to go into Macedonia, and from there to come back again to you, so that you might send me on my way to Judaea.

  • 2 Thess 2:1-2
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    1 Now as to the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ, and our meeting with him, it is our desire, my brothers,

    2 That you may not be moved in mind or troubled by a spirit, or by a word, or by a letter as from us, with the suggestion that the day of the Lord is even now come;

  • 2 Cor 1:8
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    8 For it is our desire that you may not be without knowledge of our trouble which came on us in Asia, that the weight of it was very great, more than our power, so that it seemed that we had no hope even of life:

  • 1 Cor 16:12
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    12 But as for Apollos, the brother, I had a great desire for him to come to you with the brothers, but it was not his pleasure to come now; but he will come when he has a chance.

  • 1 Thess 3:1
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    1 At last our desire to have news of you was so strong that, while we ourselves were waiting at Athens,

  • 1 Thess 2:8-9
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    8 Even so, being full of loving desire for you, we took delight in giving you not only God's good news, but even our lives, because you were dear to us.

    9 For you have the memory, my brothers, of our trouble and care; how, working night and day, so that we might not be a trouble to any of you, we gave you the good news of God.

  • 2 Thess 2:9
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    9 Even the one whose coming is marked by the working of Satan, with all power and signs and false wonders,

  • Acts 19:30
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    30 And when Paul was about to go in to the people, the disciples did not let him.

  • 2 Cor 2:1
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    1 But it was my decision for myself, not to come again to you with sorrow.

  • 2 Cor 1:23
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    23 But God is my witness that it was in pity for you that I did not come to Corinth at that time.

  • 2 Cor 12:7
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    7 And because the revelations were so very great, in order that I might not be overmuch lifted up, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, one sent from Satan to give me pain.

  • 1 Thess 1:5
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    5 Because our good news came to you, not in word only, but in power, and in the Holy Spirit, so that you were completely certain of it; even as you saw what our behaviour to you was like from our love to you.

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    4 And that because of the false brothers let in secretly, who came searching out our free condition which we have in Christ Jesus, so that they might make servants of us;

    5 To whom we gave way not even for an hour; so that the true words of the good news might still be with you.

  • Job 2:1
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    1 And there was a day when the sons of the gods came together before the Lord, and the Satan came with them.

  • Acts 21:12
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    12 And hearing these things, we and those who were living in that place made request to him not to go to Jerusalem.

  • Acts 16:6-7
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    6 And after they had gone through the land of Phrygia and Galatia, the Holy Spirit did not let them take the word into Asia;

    7 And having come to Mysia, they made an attempt to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not let them;

  • Gal 5:7
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    7 You were going on well; who was the cause of your not giving ear to what is true?

  • Acts 16:10
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    10 And when he had seen the vision, straight away we made the decision to go into Macedonia, for it seemed certain to us that God had sent us to give the good news to them.

  • 2 John 1:12
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    12 Having much to say to you, it is not my purpose to put it all down with paper and ink: but I am hoping to come to you, and to have talk with you face to face, so that your joy may be full.

  • 2 Thess 3:9
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    9 Not because we have not the right, but to make ourselves an example to you, so that you might do the same.

  • Acts 15:36
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    36 And after some days, Paul said to Barnabas, Let us go back and see the brothers in every town where we have given the word of God, and see how they are.

  • Phlm 1:13
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    13 Though my desire was to keep him with me, to be my servant in the chains of the good news, in your place:

  • 2 Tim 4:9
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    9 Do your best to come to me before long:

  • 1 Thess 3:10
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    10 Night and day requesting God again and again that we may see your face and make your faith complete.

  • 2 Cor 9:3-4
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    3 But I have sent the brothers, so that the good things we said about you may be seen to be true, and that, as I said, you may be ready:

    4 For fear that, if any from Macedonia come with me, and you are not ready, we (not to say, you) might be put to shame in this thing.

  • Rom 1:10-11
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    10 And that I am ever making prayers that God will give me a good journey to you.

    11 For I have a strong desire to see you, and to give you some grace of the spirit, so that you may be made strong;

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    5 For even when we had come into Macedonia our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; there were fightings outside and fears inside.

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    12 If others have a part in this right over you, have we not even more? But we did not make use of our right, so that we might put nothing in the way of the good news of Christ.

  • 2 Cor 8:4
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    4 Seriously requesting us that they might have a part in this grace of being servants to the needs of the saints: