And for this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that, when ye received from us the word of the message, 'even the word' of God, ye accepted 'it' not 'as' the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which also worketh in you that believe.
Þerfor we doon thankingis to God with outen ceessyng. For whanne ye hadden take of vs þe word of þe heryng of God, ye token it not as þe word of men, but as it is verili, þe word of God, þat worchith in you þat han bileued.