And you followed our example and the Lord's pattern when you welcomed the word amid intense suffering, yet with gladness that came from the Holy Spirit,
You became imitators of us and of the Lord, for you welcomed the message in the midst of severe suffering with the joy given by the Holy Spirit.
NMVAnd you2f became followers of us, and of the Lord - Kurios, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit [Ruach HaKodesh]:
OJBAnd you became imitators of us and of Adoneinu, having received the Dvar Hashem (the Word of the L-rd) in much redifah (persecution) with the simcha of the Ruach HaKodesh,
RVAnd ye became imitators of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost;
TCENTAnd you became imitators of us and of the Lord when you received the word in much affliction with the joy of the Holy Spirit.
T4TWe also know that God chose you because we have now heard that you have endured your troubles when people caused you to suffer very much because you believed in Christ. You endured just like the Lord Jesus Christ endured, and just like we did when people caused us to suffer. At that time you were joyful because the Holy Spirit caused you to be joyful.