 think today what the world tries to see as a successful church today. It's not what's described right here. Paul was rejoicing to hear their faith was growing. It was enlarged. This was demonstrated by the fact that they were enduring because of the persecution that they were under. And this is proving, by the way, true conversion. Persecution will destroy any faith that's not genuine. True persecution, it'll remove it. You'll quit. You can think of Matthew chapter 13 when it dealt with