1 Thessalonians 1:6-8

Darby Translation

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

⁷ so that ye became models to all that believe in Macedonia and in Achaia:

⁸ for the word of the Lord sounded out from you, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place your faith which [is] towards God has gone abroad, so that we have no need to say anything;