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hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they may be saved; with the result that they always fill up the measure of their sins. But wrath has come upon them to the utmost.
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But we, brethren, having been taken away from you for a short while -in person, not in spirit -were all the more eager with great desire to see your face.
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For we wanted to come to you-I, Paul, more than once -and yet Satan hindered us.
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For who is our hope or joy or crown of exultation? Is it not even you, in the presence of our Lord Jesus at His coming?