1Th 1 Thessalonians, chapter First Epistle to the Thessalonians, chapter 2
Paul’s concern for the Thessalonians
A sense of bereavement
Ἡμεῖς δέ, ἀδελφοί, ἀπορφανισθέντες ἀφ᾿ ὑμῶν πρὸς καιρὸν ὥρας (προσώπῳ, οὐ καρδίᾳ) περισσοτέρως ἐσπουδάσαμεν τὸ πρόσωπον ὑμῶν ἰδεῖν, ἐν πολλῇ ἐπιθυμίᾳ.
1 Thessalonians 2:17 in different translations
Ancient Greek
English
KJV (66 books)
But we, brethren, being taken from you for a short time in presence, not in heart, endeavoured the more abundantly to see your face with great desire.
AFINT (Exp US)
But as for us, brothers and sisters, having been separated from you for a short period—absent in body but never in heart—we made extraordinary efforts, driven by intense longing, to see your faces once more.
AFINT (Lit US)
But, brothers, although we were separated from you for a short time—in presence, not in heart—we endeavored all the more eagerly, with great desire, to see your face.
AFINT (Lit UK)
But, brothers, although we were separated from you for a short time—in presence, not in heart—we endeavoured all the more eagerly, with great desire, to see your face.
ASV
But we, brethren, being bereaved of you for a short season, in presence not in heart, endeavored the more exceedingly to see your face with great desire:
BSB
Brothers, although we were torn away from you for a short time (in person, not in heart), our desire to see you face to face was even more intense.
DRA
But we, brethren, being taken away from you for a short time, in sight, not in heart, have hastened the more abundantly to see your face with great desire.
EMTV
But we, brothers, being unwillingly separated from you for a short season, in presence, not in heart, were all the more eager to see your face with much desire.
FBV
Brothers and sisters, since we felt as if we'd experienced a family separation because we hadn't seen you for a while (separated physically though not in spirit), we tried even harder to come and see you again face to face because that's what we wanted to do.
GNV
For asmuch, brethren, as we were kept from you for a season, concerning sight, but not in the heart, we enforced the more to see your face with great desire.
LSV
And we, brothers, having been taken from yöu for the space of an hour—in presence, not in heart—hurried more abundantly to see yöur face in much desire;
NASB
But we, brothers and sisters, having been orphaned from you by absence for a short while—in person, not in spirit—were all the more eager with great desire to see your face. NASB 2020
NIV (US)
But, brothers and sisters, when we were orphaned by being separated from you for a short time (in person, not in thought), out of our intense longing we made every effort to see you.
OJB
But you, Achim b'Moshiach, while we were separated from you for a short time panim el panim, not b'lev, we made all the more effort in much desire to see your penemer (faces).
RV
But we, brethren, being bereaved of you for a short season, in presence, not in heart, endeavoured the more exceedingly to see your face with great desire:
TCENT
As for us, brothers, when we were bereaved of you for a brief hour (being physically absent, but with you in our hearts), we longed with great eagerness to see you face to face.
T4T
My fellow believers, when for a short time [IDM] those people forced us to be separated from you, we felt like parents ◄who had lost all their children/whose children had died► [MET]. Although we were far away from you, we were still emotionally concerned about you, and we strongly desired to be present with you.
WEB (US)
But we, brothers, being bereaved of you for a short season in presence, not in heart, tried even harder to see your face with great desire,
Russian
РСП (66 кн.)
Мы же, братия, быв разлучены с вами на короткое время лицом, а не сердцем, тем с бо́льшим желанием старались увидеть лицо ваше.
РСП (юбил.)
Мы же, братья, будучи разлучены с вами на короткое время лицом, а не сердцем, тем с большим желанием старались увидеть лицо ваше.
НРП
Братья, мы были разлучены с вами на некоторое время, разлучены телом, но не душой, и предпринимали всё возможное, чтобы вас увидеть.
Заокская (Кулаков)
Мы же, братья, оказавшись на какое-то время в разлуке с вами (не сердцем, конечно), еще более горячо желали — нам просто не терпелось — видеть лица ваши.
СП (БЛ)
Что касается нас, братья и сёстры, мы разлучились с вами на короткое время, то есть разлучились телом, а не душой. Мы исполнились великого желания увидеть вас и изо всех сил старались быть с вами.
Десницкий
А мы, братья, расстались с вами и словно осиротели на некоторое время: пусть не видимся лицом к лицу, но сердцем мы с вами и очень стараемся приблизить столь желанную личную встречу.
Кассиан
Мы же, братья, на короткое время осиротевшие в разлуке с вами, — лицом, не сердцем, — с тем большим желанием постарались увидеть лицо ваше,