²² Therefore also I was hindered these many times from coming to you,

¹³ Now I don't desire to have you unaware, brothers, that I often planned to come to you, and was hindered so far, that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among the rest of the Gentiles.

¹⁷ 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,

¹⁸ because we wanted to come to you--indeed, I, Paul, once and again-- but Satan hindered us.