1 Thessalonians 1:4-6

Darby Translation

⁴ knowing, brethren beloved by God, your election.

⁵ For our glad tidings were not with you in word only, but also in power, and in [the] Holy Spirit, and in much assurance; even as ye know what we were among you for your sakes:

⁶ and *ye* became our imitators, and of the Lord, having accepted the word in much tribulation with joy of [the] Holy Spirit,