⁶ And you became ·like us and like [imitators of us and of] the Lord. You ·suffered much [experienced many trials/much persecution], but still you accepted the teaching with the joy that comes from the Holy Spirit.

⁷ So you became an ·example to [model for] all the believers in Macedonia [^Cthe Roman province in which Thessalonica was located, present-day northern Greece] and Achaia [^Cpresent-day southern Greece].