⁸ First, ^(A)I thank my God through Jesus Christ ^[a]for you all, because ^(B)your faith is being proclaimed throughout the world.

⁸ For ^(A)the word of the Lord has ^(B)sounded forth from you, not only in ^(C)Macedonia and ^(D)Achaia, but ^(E)in every place the news of your faith toward God has gone out, so that we have no need to say anything. ⁹ For they themselves report about us ^[a]as to the kind of ^(F)reception we had with you, and how you ^(G)turned to God ^(H)from ^[b]idols to serve ^[c](I)a living and true God,