1 Thessalonians 1:6-8

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁶ and you yourselves became imitators of us and of the Lord when, in spite of severe persecution, you welcomed the message^(A) with joy from the Holy Spirit. ⁷ As a result, you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia^(B) and Achaia.^{(C) 8} For the word of the Lord rang out from you, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place that your faith^[a](D) in God has gone out. Therefore, we don’t need to say anything,