Key Scriptures
1 Thessalonians 2:18
New King James Version
18 Therefore we wanted to come to you—even I, Paul, time and again—but Satan hindered us.
Ephesians 1:17-18a
New King James Version
17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, 18 the eyes of your understanding being enlightened
2 Corinthians 11:23-28
New King James Version
23 Are they ministers of Christ?—I speak as a fool—I am more: in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequently, in deaths often. 24 From the Jews five times I received forty stripes minus one. 25 Three times I was beaten with rods; once I was stoned; three times I was shipwrecked; a night and a day I have been in the deep; 26 in journeys often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils of my own countrymen, in perils of the Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren; 27 in weariness and toil, in sleeplessness often, in hunger and thirst, in fasting's often, in cold and nakedness— 28 besides the other things, what comes upon me daily: my deep concern for all the churches.