¹³ Now I don’t want you to be unaware,^(A) brothers and sisters, that I often planned to come to you (but was prevented until now^(B)) in order that I might have a fruitful ministry^[a] among you,^(C) just as I have had among the rest of the Gentiles.

¹⁸ So we wanted to come to you—even I, Paul, time and again—but Satan^(A) hindered us.