The word of the Lord has echoed forth from you not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place your faith in God has become known, so (hōste | ὥστε | conj) we have no need to say anything.
So then (hōste | ὥστε | conj), my dear friends, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence but even more now in my absence, continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling,