⁵ because our gospel did not come to you in word only, but also in power, in the Holy Spirit,^(A) and with full assurance. You know how we lived among you^(B) for your benefit,

⁹ for they themselves report^[a] what kind of reception^(A) we had from you: how you turned^(B) to God from idols^(C) to serve the living^(D) and true^(E) God