1 Thessalonians 2:14-20
Read 1 Thessalonians 2 in full →14For you, brothers, became aimitators of bthe churches of God in Christ Jesus that are cin Judea, for dyou also suffered the same things at the hands of your own countrymen, eeven as they did from the Jews, 15awho both killed the Lord Jesus and bthe prophets, and 1drove us out, and do not please God, and are hostile to all men, 16ahindering us from speaking to the Gentiles bso that they may be saved; with the result that they always cfill up the measure of their sins. But dwrath has come upon them 1to the utmost.
17But we, brothers, having been taken away from you for a 1short while—ain face but not in heart—were all the more eager with great desire bto see your face. 181For awe wanted to come to you—I, Paul, 2,bmore than once—and yet cSatan dhindered us. 19For who is our hope or ajoy or crown of boasting? Is it not even you, before our Lord Jesus at His 1,bcoming? 20For you are aour glory and joy.