²²For which cause also I have been ^||much ^rhindered from coming to you. ²³But now having no more place in these ^sparts, and ^thaving a great desire these many years to come unto you;

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||Or, many ways, or, oftentimes. Comp. Matt. 9:14. ch. 1:13.
s 2 Cor. 11:10. Gal. 1:21 in the Gk.
t Acts 19:21. ch. 1:11. ver. 32.

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r 1 Thess. 2:18.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

This is the reason why I have so often been hindered from coming to you. But now, since I no longer have any room for work in these regions, and since I have longed for many years to come to you,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

This is why I have often been hindered from coming to you.

But now that there is no more place for me to work in these regions, and since I have been longing for many years to visit you,

CSBChristian Standard Bible

That is why I have been prevented many times from coming to you. But now I no longer have any work to do in these regions, and I have strongly desired for many years to come to you

NLTNew Living Translation

In fact, my visit to you has been delayed so long because I have been preaching in these places.

But now I have finished my work in these regions, and after all these long years of waiting, I am eager to visit you.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For this reason also I was hindered many times from coming to you, and now, no longer having a place in these regions, but having a desire for many years to come to you