1 Thessalonians 1:4-6

Lexham English Bible

⁴ knowing, brothers dearly loved by God, that he has chosen you^[a], ⁵ because our gospel did not come to you with word only, but also with power and with the Holy Spirit and with much certainty, just as you know what sort of people we became among you for your sake. ⁶ And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, receiving the word in much affliction, with the joy of the Holy Spirit,