1 Thessalonians 1:8-9 For the message of the Lord sounded forth from you not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place your faith toward God has gone abroad, so that there is no need for us to speak a word.

Riverside⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁸ For the message of the Lord sounded forth from you not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place your faith toward God has gone abroad, so that there is no need for us to speak a word. ⁹ For the people themselves are telling about us, what a reception we had with you, and how you turned to God from idols, to serve the living and true God