1Th 2:14 | ESV | STEP | For you , brothers , became imitators of the churches of God in Christ Jesus that are in Judea . For you suffered the same things from your own countrymen as they did from the Jews ,

‏ 1 Thessalonians 2:14

14 For you, brothers, ^abecame imitators of ^bthe churches of God in Christ Jesus that are in Judea. For ^cyou suffered the same things from your own countrymen ^das they did from the Jews, ^{▼▼The Greek word Ioudaioi can refer to Jewish religious leaders and others under their influence, who opposed the Christian faith in that time}