Verse Comparison: 1 Thessalonians 2:18
American Standard Version
because we would fain have come unto you, I Paul once and again; and Satan hindered us.
Amplified® Bible
Because it was our will to come to you. [I mean that] I, Paul, again and again [wanted to come], but Satan hindered {and} impeded us.
Contemporary English Version
We really wanted to come. I myself tried several times, but Satan always stopped us.
Darby English Version
wherefore we have desired to come to you, even I Paul, both once and twice, and Satan has hindered us.
Good News Bible
We wanted to return to you. I myself tried to go back more than once, but Satan would not let us.
International Standard Version
That is why we wanted to come to you. Certainly I, Paul, time and again wanted to come, but Satan blocked our way.
King James Version
Wherefore we would have come unto you, even I Paul, once and again; but Satan hindered us.
New American Standard Bible
For we wanted to come to you--I, Paul, more than once--and {yet} Satan hindered us.
New International Version
For we wanted to come to you—certainly I, Paul, did, again and again—but Satan stopped us.
New King James Version
Therefore we wanted to come to you—even I, Paul, time and again—but Satan hindered us.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
For we wanted to come to you--I, Paul, more than once--and yet Satan hindered us.
Young's Literal Translation
wherefore we wished to come unto you, (I indeed Paul,) both once and again, and the Adversary did hinder us;
