⁷ So you became an ·example to [model for] all the believers in Macedonia [^Cthe Roman province in which Thessalonica was located, present-day northern Greece] and Achaia [^Cpresent-day southern Greece]. ⁸ And the Lord’s ·teaching [message; word] ·spread [rang out; sounded forth] from you not only into Macedonia and Achaia, but now your faith in God has ·become known [gone forth] everywhere. So we do not need to say anything about it. ⁹ ·People everywhere [^LFor they themselves] are ·telling [reporting; announcing] about the way you ·accepted [welcomed] us when we were there with you. They tell how you ·stopped worshiping idols [^Lturned to God from idols] to serve the living and true God,