1 Thessalonians 1:6
1 Thessalonians 1:5-6 The Message (MSG)
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.
1 Thessalonians 1:6 King James Version (KJV)
And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost
1 Thessalonians 1:6 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
You also became imitators of us and of the Lord, having received the word in much tribulation with the joy of the Holy Spirit
1 Thessalonians 1:6 New Century Version (NCV)
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.
1 Thessalonians 1:6 American Standard Version (ASV)
And ye became imitators of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit
1 Thessalonians 1:6 New International Version (NIV)
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.
1 Thessalonians 1:6 New King James Version (NKJV)
And you became followers of us and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit
1 Thessalonians 1:6 Amplified Bible (AMP)
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
1 Thessalonians 1:6 New Living Translation (NLT)
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.