Bible in Basic English
"And you took us and the Lord as your example, after the word had come to you in much trouble, with joy in the Holy Spirit;"
— 1 Thessalonians 1:6, Bible in Basic English
“And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost:”
“And ye became imitators of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit; ”
“You became imitators of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit,”
“And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, when you received the message with joy that comes from the Holy Spirit, despite great affliction.”
“And you became followers of us and of the Lord: receiving the word in much tribulation, with joy of the Holy Ghost:”
“And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost:”
Having ever in mind your work of faith and acts of love and the strength of your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father;
Being conscious, my brothers, dear to God, that you have been marked out by God's purpose;
Because our good news came to you, not in word only, but in power, and in the Holy Spirit, so that you were completely certain of it; even as you saw what our behaviour to you was like from our love to you.
And you took us and the Lord as your example, after the word had come to you in much trouble, with joy in the Holy Spirit;
So that you became an example to all those who have faith in Christ in Macedonia and Achaia.
For not only was the word of the Lord sounding out from you in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place your faith in God is made clear; so that we have no need to say anything.
For they themselves give the news of how we came among you; and how you were turned from images to God, to the worship of a true and living God,