Thessalonian
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of Thessalonian
Example Sentences
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We can imagine how eagerly the Thessalonian converts listened to the letter.
From The Bible in its Making The most Wonderful Book in the World by Duff, Mildred
If you look at the context, you will see that all the ways in which the word of the Lord is represented as sounding out from the Thessalonian Church were deeds, not words.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy. by Maclaren, Alexander
Who can say that Epaminondas could have defeated the Spartans twice without his Thessalonian cavalry.
From Battle Studies by Ardant du Picq, Charles Jean Jacques Joseph
The first striking thing about this prayer is its emphatic recognition of the divinity of Jesus Christ as a truth familiar to these Thessalonian converts.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy. by Maclaren, Alexander
Whedon’s paraphrase is: “From the first founding of the Thessalonian church.”
From The Doctrines of Predestination, Reprobation, and Election by Wallace, Robert
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