1 Thessalonians 1:4-6

Young's Literal Translation

⁴ having known, brethren beloved, by God, your election,

⁵ because our good news did not come to you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and in much assurance, even as ye have known of what sort we became among you because of you,

⁶ and ye -- ye did become imitators of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much tribulation, with joy of the Holy Spirit,