1 Thessalonians 2:17
American King James Version (AKJV)
But we, brothers, being taken from you for a short time in presence, not in heart, endeavored the more abundantly to see your face with great desire.
American Standard Version (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:
Berean Study Bible (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.
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
But we, my brothers, being away from you for a short time, in body but not in heart, had all the more desire to see your face;
Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)
And we, brothers, having been deprived of you for a short time, in sight, but not in heart, have hurried all the more to see your face, with a great desire.
Darby Bible (DBY)
But we, brethren, having been bereaved of you and separated for a little moment in person, not in heart, have used more abundant diligence to see your face with much desire;
Douay–Rheims Version (DRV)
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.
English Revised Version (ERV)
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:
Free Bible Version (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.
JPS Tanakh 1917 Old Testament / Weymouth New Testament (JPS / WNT)
But we, brethren, having been for a short time separated from you in bodily presence, though not in heart, endeavoured all the more earnestly, with intense longing, to see you face to face.
King James Version (KJV)
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.
New Heart English Bible (NHEB)
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,
Webster Bible (Webster)
But we, brethren, being taken from you for a short time in presence, not in heart, endeavored the more abundantly to see your face with great desire.
World English Bible (WEB)
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,
World Messianic Bible British Edition (WMBB)
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,
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
And we, brethren, having been taken from you for the space of an hour — in presence, not in heart — did hasten the more abundantly to see your face in much desire,