1 Thessalonians 1:7-9

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁷ so that you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia. ⁸ For the word of the Lord has sounded forth from you not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place your faith in God has become known, so that we have no need to speak about it. ⁹ For the people of those regions^[a] report about us what kind of welcome we had among you, and how you turned to God from idols, to serve a living and true God,