...Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake. d And ye Judas for one called Saul, of Tarsus: for, behold, he prayeth, 1 2 with joy of the Holy Ghost: 7 So that ye were ensampies to all that believe in Macedonia and Actoia....

...conviction], even as you* know of what sort we became among you* for your* sake. And became imitators of us and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction [or, during a great trial], with [the] joy of [the] Holy Spirit, 7with the result that you* became...

...had displayed a fortitude corresponding to their zeal : he says, Ver. 6. " And ye became imitators of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost." Strange ! what an encomium is here ! The disciples have suddenly become...

.... constantly bearing in mind your work of faith and labor of love<4). . . You also became imitators of us and of the Lord, having received the word in much tribulation with the joy of the Holy Spirit, so that you became an example to all the believers in...

...of men we were among you for your sakes. (g). Vers. 6-9. And ye became imitators (2 Thess. iii. 7) of us and of the Lord, having received the word in much tribulation (see Acts xvii, 5-10; chap, ii. 14 ; and iii. 2, 3, 5), with joy of (ie, wrought by) the...

...just as you know what kind of men we proved to be among you for your sake. You also became imitators of us and of the Lord, having received the word in much tribulation with the joy of the Holy Spirit, so that you became an example to all the believers in...