^{3 Ref} 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 Ref} knowing, brethren beloved of God, your election,

^{5 Ref} 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 Ref} And ye became imitators of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit;