# You became imitators To "imitate" means to act like or to copy the behavior of another. # received the word "welcomed the teaching" or "accepted the teaching" # in much hardship "during a time of great suffering" or "in much persecution" # Achaia This is an ancient district in what is present-day Greece. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]]) # translationWords * [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/lord]] * [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/receive]] * [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/word]] * [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/joy]] * [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/holyspirit]] * [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/macedonia]] * [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/believe]]