1 THESSALONIANS 2:18 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Wherefore we would have come unto you, even I Paul, once and again; but Satan hindered us.”
Because we wanted to come to you — I, Paul, again and again — but Satan hindered us — the apostle names his adversary; Satan is not abstract but actively opposing apostolic movement and communion. The repeated attempts ('again and again') and persistent hindrance suggest cosmic-level resistance to the gospel's advance. Yet Satan's interference does not finally prevent the will of God.
Church Fathers on 1 Thessalonians 2:18
Which is the part of love; yet here he mentions no other necessity but “that we might see you.” “I Paul once and again, and Satan hindered us.” What do you say? Does Satan hinder? Yes, truly, for this was not the work of God. For in the Epistle to the Romans, he says this, that God hindered him from Romans 15:22; and elsewhere Luke says, that “the Spirit” hindered them from going into Asia. Acts 16:7 And in the Epistle to the Corinthians he says, that it is the work of the…
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