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Forced Absence from Thessalonica

17 But when we were separated from you, brothers and sisters,[a] for a short time (in presence, not in affection)[b] we became all the more fervent in our great desire[c] to see you in person.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Thessalonians 2:17 tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:4.
  2. 1 Thessalonians 2:17 tn Grk “in face, not in heart.”
  3. 1 Thessalonians 2:17 tn Grk “with great desire.”
  4. 1 Thessalonians 2:17 tn Grk “to see your face.”