001:006 And you followed the pattern set you by us and by the Master, after you had received the Message amid severe persecution, and yet with the joy which the Holy Spirit gives,
001:007 so that you became a pattern to all the believers throughout Macedonia and Greece.
001:008 For it was not only from you that the Master's Message sounded forth throughout Macedonia and Greece; but everywhere your faith in God has become known, so that it is unnecessary for us to say anything about it.
001:009 For when others speak of us they report the reception we
had from you, and how you turned from your idols to God,
to be bondservants of the true and ever-living God,
001:010 and to await the return from Heaven of His Son, whom He
raised from among the dead—even Jesus, our Deliverer from
God's coming anger.
002:001 For you yourselves, brethren, know that our visit to you did not fail of its purpose.
002:002 But, as you will remember, after we had already met with suffering and outrage at Philippi, we summoned up boldness, by the help of our God, to tell you God's Good News amid much opposition.
002:003 For our preaching was not grounded on a delusion, nor prompted by mingled motives, nor was there fraud in it.
002:004 But as God tested and approved us before entrusting us with
His Good News, so in what we say we are seeking not to please
men but to please God, who tests and approves our motives.
002:005 For, as you are well aware, we have never used the language
of flattery nor have we found pretexts for enriching ourselves—
God is our witness;