^{8 Ref} For from you has sounded forth the word of the Lord, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith toward God has gone forth; so that we need not to say anything.

^{9 Ref} For they themselves report concerning us what kind of a reception we had from you; and how you turned to God from idols, to serve a living and true God,

^{10 Ref} and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead-- Jesus, who delivers us from the wrath to come.