1 Thessalonians 2:18 — Compare 3 English translations

1 Thessalonians 2:18 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →

διότι dióti G1360 because ἠθελήσαμεν thélō G2309 to will ἐλθεῖν érchomai G2064 to come πρὸς prós G4314 to ὑμᾶς hymeîs G5210 you ἐγὼ egṓ G1473 I μὲν mén G3303 truly Παῦλος Paûlos G3972 Paul καὶ kaí G2532 and ἅπαξ hápax G530 once καὶ kaí G2532 and δίς dís G1364 twice καὶ kaí G2532 and ἐνέκοψεν enkóptō G1465 to hinder ἡμᾶς hēmeîs G2249 we ὁ ho G3588 the σατανᾶς Satanâs G4567 Satan

Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.

Highlighted words mark where these versions differ — a whole-verse word diff, not a word-by-word alignment.

World English Bible Public Domain

because we wanted to come to you--indeed, I, Paul, once and again-- but Satan hindered us.
King James Version Public Domain

Wherefore we would have come unto you, even I Paul, once and again; but Satan hindered us.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0

For we desired to come to you—indeed I, Paul, both once and twice—but Satan hindered us.

unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).

1 Thessalonians 2:18 — compare English translations

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