Paul said: “The good news we preach did not turn up among you with speech alone but also with power and with holy spirit and strong conviction, just as you know what sort of men we became to you for your sakes; and you became imitators of us. ” ​ — 1 Thessalonians 1: 5 - 7.
थेस्सलनीका येथील बांधव देखील प्रेषित पौल व त्याच्या साथीदारांच्या आदर्शाचे अनुकरण करत होते.