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,
I. The first part of the text contains A SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE; "What manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God, and to wait for his Son from heaven." Here we have in miniature the biography of a Christian man.
