1 Thessalonians 1:5-8

Great(i) 5 For oure Gospel came not vnto you by worde onely, but also by power, and by the holy goost, and by moch certayntye, as ye knowe, after what maner we be haued oure selues amonge you, for your sake. 6 And ye became folowers of vs and of the Lorde, receauynge the worde with moch affliccyon, with ioye of the holy goost: 7 so that ye were an ensample to all that beleue in Macedonia and Achaia. 8 For from you sounded out the worde of the Lorde, not in Macedonia and in Achaia onely: but youre fayth also which ye haue vnto God, spred her selfe abroade in all quartars, so that it nedeth not vs to speake eny thynge at al.