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1 Thessalonians 2:16

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2:16because they hinder us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they may be saved. Thus they constantly fill up their measure of sins,20 but wrath21 has come upon them completely.22

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  1. 20 Grk “to fill up their sins always.”
  2. 21 The Western text (D F G latt) adds τοῦ θεοῦ (tou theou) to ὀργή (orgē) to read “the wrath of God,” in emulation of the normal Pauline idiom (cf., e.g., Rom 1:18; Eph 5:6; Col 3:6) and, most likely, to clarify which wrath is in view (since ὀργή is articular). Or “the wrath,” possibly referring back to the mention of wrath in 1:10.
  3. 22 Or “at last.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

by hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles that they might be saved—so as always to fill up the measure of their sins. But wrath has come upon them at last!

NIVNew International Version (2011)

in their effort to keep us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they may be saved. In this way they always heap up their sins to the limit. The wrath of God has come upon them at last.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

by keeping us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they may be saved. As a result, they are constantly filling up their sins to the limit, and wrath has overtaken them at last.

NLTNew Living Translation

as they try to keep us from preaching the Good News of salvation to the Gentiles. By doing this, they continue to pile up their sins. But the anger of God has caught up with them at last.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles in order that they may be saved, so that they always fill up their sins. But wrath has come upon them to the end.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.