1 Thessalonians 1:6 References

6 You also became aimitators of us and of the Lord, bhaving received cthe word in much tribulation with the djoy of the Holy Spirit,

b Acts 17:5-10


Acts 17

5 But athe Jews, becoming jealous and taking along some wicked men from the market place, formed a mob and set the city in an uproar; and attacking the house of bJason, they were seeking to bring them out to the people.
6 When they did not find them, they began adragging Jason and some brethren before the city authorities, shouting, "These men who have upset bthe world have come here also;
7 and Jason ahas welcomed them, and they all act bcontrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus."
8 They stirred up the crowd and the city authorities who heard these things.
9 And when they had received a pledge from aJason and the others, they released them.
10 aThe brethren immediately sent bPaul and Silas away by night to cBerea, and when they arrived, they went into dthe synagogue of the Jews.