1TH 1:9

9 For they themselves [the ma'aminim b'Moshiach in Macedonia and Achaia] are reporting about us, what sort of initial reception we had with you, and how you made teshuva, turning to Hashem from elilim [(idols)], from avodah zarah [(idol worship)], turning to worship the Elohim Chayyim and Elohei Emes [(the Living G-d and the True G-d)],