1 Thessalonians 2

Paul’s Desire to Revisit the Thessalonians

17 But when**Here "when" is supplied as a component of the participle ("were made orphans by separation") which is understood as temporal we were made orphans by separation from you, brothers, for a short time*Literally "the time of an hour" (in face, not in heart), we were even more eager with great desire to see your face,