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And ye became followers of us and of the Lord, having received the Word in much affliction, with the joy of the Holy Ghost,
And ye became imitators of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit;
You became imitators of us and [through us] of the Lord, after you welcomed our message in [a time of] great trouble with the joy supplied by the Holy Spirit;
And you [set yourselves to] become imitators of us and [through us] of the Lord Himself, for you welcomed our message in [spite of] much persecution, with joy [inspired] by the Holy Spirit;
And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost:
and you yourselves became imitators of us and of the Lord when, in spite of severe persecution, you welcomed the message with joy from the Holy Spirit.
You became imitators of us and of the Lord when you accepted the message that came from the Holy Spirit with joy in spite of great suffering.
You, indeed, became imitators of us and of the Lord; so that even though you were going through severe troubles, you received the Word with joy from the Ruach HaKodesh.
So, when you accepted the message, you followed our example and the example of the Lord. You suffered, but the Holy Spirit made you glad.
and *ye* became our imitators, and of the Lord, having accepted the word in much tribulation with joy of [the] Holy Spirit,
And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, having accepted the word in much affliction with the joy of the Holy Spirit,
And you became followers of us, and of the Lord; receiving the word in much tribulation, with joy of the Holy Ghost:
And you became like us and like the Lord. You suffered much, but still you accepted the teaching with joy. The Holy Spirit gave you that joy.
In your lives also, you copied our example and the example of the Lord Jesus. When you believed our message, people caused you to have a lot of trouble. But God's Holy Spirit helped you to be very happy.
You also became imitators of us and of the Lord, when you welcomed the word during a time of great affliction with the joy from the Holy Spirit,
And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, for you received the word in much affliction, with the joy of the Holy Spirit,
And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, for you received the word in much affliction, with the joy of the Holy Spirit,
And you became ·like us and like [imitators of us and of] the Lord. You ·suffered much [experienced many trials/much persecution], but still you accepted the teaching with the joy that comes from the Holy Spirit.
And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, and received the word in much affliction, with joy of the holy Ghost,
You imitated us and the Lord. In spite of a lot of suffering, you welcomed God’s word with the kind of joy that the Holy Spirit gives.
You imitated us and the Lord; and even though you suffered much, you received the message with the joy that comes from the Holy Spirit.
and you became imitators of us and of the Lord when, in spite of severe persecution, you welcomed the message with joy from the Holy Spirit.
And you became like us and like the Lord. You suffered much, but still you accepted the teaching with the joy that comes from the Holy Spirit.
You became imitators of us and of the Lord. In spite of a great deal of suffering, you welcomed the word with the joy that the Holy Spirit produces.
We know that God not only loves you but has selected you for a special purpose. For we remember how our Gospel came to you not as mere words, but as a message with power behind it—the effectual power, in fact, of the Holy Spirit. You know how we lived among you. You remember how you set yourselves to copy us, and through us, Christ himself. You remember how, although accepting the message meant bitter persecution, yet you experienced the joy of the Holy Spirit. You thus became examples to all who believe in Macedonia and Achaia. You have become a sort of sounding-board from which the Word of the Lord has rung out, not only in Macedonia and Achaia but everywhere where the story of your faith in God has become known. We find we don’t have to tell people about it. They tell us the story of our coming to you: how you turned from idols to serve the true living God, and how your whole lives now look forward to the coming of his Son from heaven—the Son Jesus, whom God raised from the dead, and who personally delivered us from the judgment which hung over our heads.
¶ And ye were made imitators of us and of the Lord, having received the word with much tribulation, with joy of the Holy Spirit:
And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost.
And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost:
You also became imitators of us and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction with the joy of the Holy Spirit,
And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, receiving the word in much affliction, with the joy of the Holy Spirit,
So you became our followers and the Lord’s; for you received our message with joy from the Holy Spirit in spite of the trials and sorrows it brought you.
Every time we think of you, we thank God for you. Day and night you’re in our prayers as we call to mind your work of faith, your labor of love, and your patience of hope in following our Master, Jesus Christ, before God our Father. It is clear to us, friends, that God not only loves you very much but also has put his hand on you for something special. When the Message we preached came to you, it wasn’t just words. Something happened in you. The Holy Spirit put steel in your convictions. You paid careful attention to the way we lived among you, and determined to live that way yourselves. In imitating us, you imitated the Master. Although great trouble accompanied the Word, you were able to take great joy from the Holy Spirit!—taking the trouble with the joy, the joy with the trouble.
You became followers of us and the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit.
And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, for you accepted the word in the midst of much affliction, with the joy of the Holy Spirit.
You imitated us and the Lord. In spite of a lot of suffering, you welcomed God’s word with the kind of joy that the Holy Spirit gives.
And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, receiving the word in great affliction, with joy from the holy Spirit,
You also became imitators of us and of the Lord, having received the word during great affliction with the joy of the Holy Spirit,
You also became imitators of us and of the Lord, having received the word in much tribulation with the joy of the Holy Spirit,
And you in turn became imitators of us and of the Lord, for despite great suffering you received the word with joy in the Holy Spirit,
And you became like us and like the Lord. You suffered much, but still you accepted the teaching with the joy that comes from the Holy Spirit.
And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, when you received the message with joy that comes from the Holy Spirit, despite great affliction.
We and the Lord were your examples. You followed us. You welcomed our message even when you were suffering terribly. You welcomed it with the joy the Holy Spirit gives.
You became imitators of us and of the Lord, for you welcomed the message in the midst of severe suffering with the joy given by the Holy Spirit.
You became imitators of us and of the Lord, for you welcomed the message in the midst of severe suffering with the joy given by the Holy Spirit.
And you became followers of us and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit,
You followed our way of life and the life of the Lord. You suffered from others because of listening to us. But you had the joy that came from the Holy Spirit.
So you received the message with joy from the Holy Spirit in spite of the severe suffering it brought you. In this way, you imitated both us and the Lord.
And you became followers of us and of the Lord, and received the word in much affliction, with the joy of the Holy Spirit,
And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, for in spite of persecution you received the word with joy inspired by the Holy Spirit,
And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, for in spite of persecution you received the word with joy inspired by the Holy Spirit,
And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, for in spite of persecution you received the word with joy inspired by the Holy Spirit,
And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, for in spite of persecution you received the word with joy from the Holy Spirit,
And you learned how to copy us—and the Lord! When you received the word, you had a lot to suffer, but you also had the holy spirit’s joy.
And you became imitators of us and of Adoneinu, having received the Dvar Hashem (the Word of the L-rd) in much redifah (persecution) with the simcha of the Ruach HaKodesh,
And you became followers of us and of the Lord and received the Word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost,
And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, for you received the word in much affliction, with joy inspired by the Holy Spirit;
And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, for you received the word in much affliction, with joy inspired by the Holy Spirit;
You also became imitators of us and of the Lord, having accepted the message in much tribulation, with the joy of the Ruach ha-Kodesh.
and you have modeled your lives after ours just as we are modeling ours after the Lord. You took to heart the word we taught with joy inspired by the Holy Spirit, even in the face of trouble.
You became imitators of us and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit,
You have shown all the Christians in the countries of Macedonia and Greece how they should live.
and ye be made followers of us, and of the Lord, receiving the word in much tribulation, with joy of the Holy Ghost;
and ye -- ye did become imitators of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much tribulation, with joy of the Holy Spirit,
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