1 Thessalonians 1:5-7

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

⁵ because our message of the gospel came to you not in word only but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction; just as you know what kind of persons we proved to be among you for your sake.^{(A) 6} And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, for in spite of persecution you received the word with joy from the Holy Spirit,^{(B) 7} so that you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia.