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so that you became an example to all the believers in Macedo'nia and in Acha'ia.
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For not only has the word of the Lord sounded forth from you in Macedo'nia and Acha'ia, but your faith in God has gone forth everywhere, so that we need not say anything.
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For they themselves report concerning us what a welcome we had among you, and how you turned to God from idols, to serve a living and true God,
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and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.
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