1 Thessalonians 2:16

1 Thessalonians chapter 2 · verse 16 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they may be saved; to fill up their sins always: but the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they may be saved; to fill up their sins always: but the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.

Context

v.15who both killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove out us, and please not God, and are contrary to all men;

v.16This passage

v.17But 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:

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Malachi 4:5
Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of Jehovah come.
Acts 11:17
If then God gave unto them the like gift as he did also unto us, when we believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I, that I could withstand God?
Matthew 3:12
whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing-floor; and he will gather his wheat into the garner, but the chaff he will burn up with unquenchable fire.
1 Timothy 2:4
who would have all men to be saved, and come to the knowledge of the truth.
Revelation 22:11
He that is unrighteous, let him do unrighteousness still: and he that is filthy, let him be made filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him do righteousness still: and he that is holy, let him be made holy still.
Hebrews 6:8
but if it beareth thorns and thistles, it is rejected and nigh unto a curse; whose end is to be burned.