You also became imitators of us and of the Lord, having received the word in much tribulation with the joy of the Holy Spirit,The Thessalonians appear not to have had the simplest time of things. There was apparently persecution from the start. Paul was driven out of town due to the hostility of the local population, but the church endured.
Not only did it endure, but it learned from Paul and those he was able to leave behind. It understood what was needed, and practiced the teachings they were given. And even through the persecution they received, the church was joyful, and strove to continue what God was guiding them to do.
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