Cross references

1 Thessalonians 2:18

For we wanted to come to you—indeed I, Paul, tried again and again—but Satan obstructed us.

1 Thessalonians 2:18 BSB

1 Thessalonians 2:18 has 13 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 5 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Romans 15:22 (17 votes) and Romans 1:13 (12 votes). 15 other verses point back to it. It links with 17 other books, from Ezra 4 to Revelation 12.

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Which verses does 1 Thessalonians 2:18 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Romans 15:2217 votes

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

  2. Romans 1:1312 votes

    I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, how often I planned to come to you (but have been prevented from visiting until now), in order that I might have a harvest among you, just as I have had among the other Gentiles.

  3. Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will suffer tribulation for ten days. Be faithful even unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.

  4. Then the angel showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, with Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him. And the LORD said to Satan: “The LORD rebukes you, Satan! Indeed, the LORD, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebukes you! Is not this man a firebrand snatched from the fire?”

  5. But I will keep on doing what I am doing, in order to undercut those who want an opportunity to be regarded as our equals in the things of which they boast. For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ. …

  6. Job 33:143 votes

    For God speaks in one way and in another, yet no one notices.

  7. “Away from Me, Satan!” Jesus told him. “For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.’”

  8. And the great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him. And I heard a loud voice in heaven saying: “Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of His Christ. For the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down—he who accuses them day and night before our God. …

  9. This greeting is in my own hand—Paul. Remember my chains. Grace be with you.

  10. For even while I was in Thessalonica, you provided for my needs again and again.

  11. Philemon 1:9-1 votes

    I prefer to appeal on the basis of love. For I, Paul, am now aged, and a prisoner of Christ Jesus as well.

Which verses point to 1 Thessalonians 2:18?

The 10 strongest of 15.