¹³ And for this reason we also ^(A)thank God without ceasing that when you received the ^(B)word of God which you heard from us, you accepted it ^(C)not as the word of men, but for what it really is, the word of God, ^(D)which also is at work in you who believe. ¹⁴ For you, brothers, became ^(E)imitators of ^(F)the churches of God in Christ Jesus that are ^(G)in Judea, for ^(H)you also suffered the same things at the hands of your own countrymen, ^(I)even as they did from the Jews, ^15 (J)who both killed the Lord Jesus and ^(K)the prophets, and ^[a]drove us out, and do not please God, and are hostile to all men, ^16 (L)hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles ^(M)so that they may be saved; with the result that they always ^(N)fill up the measure of their sins. But ^(O)wrath has come upon them ^[b]to the utmost.