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1 Thessalonians 2:16

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 16 as they try to prevent us from speaking to people of the nations so that these might be saved.+ In this way they always fill up the measure of their sins. But his wrath has at last come upon them.+

1 Thessalonians 2:16

The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
- 16 κωλυόντων hindering ἡμᾶς us τοῖς to the ἔθνεσιν nations λαλῆσαι to speak ἵνα in order that σωθῶσιν, they might be saved, εἰς into τὸ the ἀναπληρῶσαι to fill up αὐτῶν of them τὰς the ἁμαρτίας sins πάντοτε. always. ἔφθασεν Came ahead δὲ but ἐπ’ upon αὐτοὺς them ἡ the ὀργὴ wrath εἰς into τέλος. end.

1 Thessalonians 2:16

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 16 as they try to hinder*+ us from speaking to people of the nations that these might be saved,+ with the result that they always fill up the measure+ of their sins. But his* wrath has at length* come upon them.+

1 Thessalonians 2:16

The Bible in Living English
- 16 * forbidding us to speak to the foreigners that they may be saved, so as to fill up their sins always. But wrath has overtaken them, absolutely.

1 Thessalonians 2:16

American Standard Version
- 16 forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they may be saved; to fill up their sins always: but the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.

1 Thessalonians 2:16

The Emphasized Bible
- 16 Hindering us from speaking unto the nations that they might be saved To the filling up of their own sins continually; But anger hath overtaken them at length.

1 Thessalonians 2:16

King James Version
- 16 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.

1 Thessalonians Study Notes—Chapter 2

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
- 2:16
  
  they always fill up the measure of their sins: Paul here refers to first-century Jews who “killed the Lord Jesus” and who violently persecuted his followers. (1Th 2:15) Those opposers also tried to prevent Christians “from speaking to people of the nations.” The expression “fill up the measure of their sins” indicates that they sin as much as possible. In saying that they always do so, Paul indicates that the Jewish persecutors were continuing in the course that their forefathers had been following for centuries.—See study note on Mt 23:32.
  
  his wrath: Lit., “the wrath.” The tense of the Greek verb rendered has . . . come highlights that God’s wrath was certain to come upon the Jews. This wrath culminated in the destruction of Jerusalem and its temple in 70 C.E. by the Romans. Some ancient manuscripts here read “the wrath of God.”