1Th 1:5-6, 2:1, 13 | ESV | STEP | because our gospel came to you not only in word , but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction . You know what kind of men we proved to be among you for your sake.

1 Thessalonians 1:5-6

5 because ^aour gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power and ^bin the Holy Spirit and with full ^cconviction. You know ^dwhat kind of men we proved to be among you for your sake. 6 And ^eyou became imitators of us ^fand of the Lord, for ^gyou received the word in much affliction, ^hwith the ⁱjoy of the Holy Spirit,

1 Thessalonians 2:1

Paul’s Ministry to the Thessalonians

1 For you yourselves know, brothers, ^{▼▼Or brothers and sisters; also verses 9, 14, 17} that our ^kcoming to you ^lwas not in vain.

1 Thessalonians 2:13

13 And ^mwe also thank God constantly ^{▼▼Or without ceasing} for this, that when you received ^othe word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it ^pnot as the word of men ^{▼▼The Greek word anthropoi can refer to both men and women} but as what it really is, the word of God, ^rwhich is at work in you believers.