1 Thessalonians 2:17 in the World English Bible
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,
Context
16 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.
17 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.
18 Wherefore we would have come unto you, even I Paul, once and again; but Satan hindered us.