Passage

The gospel and its messengers

Source and translation

World English Bible, Protestant Edition · Public domain · en

⁵and that our Good News came to you not in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit and with much assurance. You know what kind of men we showed ourselves to be among you for your sake.

1 Thessalonians 1:5World English Bible, Protestant Edition

The scene

The letter recalls the gospel coming with power, the Holy Spirit and much assurance.

To understand

The readers know how the messengers behaved among them. They received the word amid great affliction with the Spirit’s joy and became imitators of the messengers and of the Lord.

A question

What do the readers know about the people who brought them the gospel?