1 Thessalonians 1:4 ASV

²  We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention 'of you' in our prayers;

³  remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father;

⁴  knowing, brethren beloved of God, your election,

⁵  how that our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and 'in' much assurance; even as ye know what manner of men we showed ourselves toward you for your sake.

⁶  And ye became imitators of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit;