³ constantly keeping in mind your ^(A)work of faith and labor of ^(B)love and ^[a](C)perseverance of hope ^[b]in our Lord Jesus Christ in the presence of ^(D)our God and Father,

⁷ so that you became an example to all the believers in ^(A)Macedonia and ^(B)Achaia.

¹³ For this reason we also constantly ^(A)thank God that when you received the ^(B)word of God which you heard from us, you accepted it ^(C)not as the word of mere men, but as what it really is, the word of God, ^(D)which also is at work in you who believe.

¹⁴ For you, brothers and sisters, became ^(A)imitators of ^(B)the churches of God in Christ Jesus that are ^(C)in Judea, for ^(D)you also endured the same sufferings at the hands of your own countrymen, ^(E)even as they did from the Jews,

⁶ But now that ^(A)Timothy has come to us from you, and has brought us good news of ^(B)your faith and love, and that you always ^(C)think kindly of us, longing to see us just as we also long to see you,