1 Thessalonians 2:17-18 Forasmuch, brethren, as we are kept from you for a season, as concerning the bodily presence — but not in the heart — we enforced the more to see you personally with great desire,

MSTC⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁷ Forasmuch, brethren, as we are kept from you for a season, as concerning the bodily presence — but not in the heart — we enforced the more to see you personally with great desire, ¹⁸ and therefore we would have come unto you, I Paul once and again: but Satan withstood us.