1 Thessalonians 1:7-9

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⁷so that you became an example to all the believers in ^[a]Macedonia and in Achaia. ⁸For the word of the Lord has resounded from you and has echoed [like thunder], not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place [the news of] your [great] faith in God has spread, so that we never need to say anything about it. ⁹For they themselves report about us, telling what kind of reception we had among you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God,

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Footnotes

1 Thessalonians 1:7 Greece was divided into two Roman provinces. The northern region was called Macedonia and the southern, Achaia. Thessalonica was an important seaport and was the capital city of Macedonia.