Thessalonians
Americannoun
noun
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During Sunday services, as Michael read from First Thessalonians, a banner hanging behind him featured a quote from Acts 8:38: “And they both went down into the water.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 4, 2015
Beneath it is a verse from the Bible, 1 Thessalonians 5:17: “Pray continually.”
From Washington Times ● Nov. 23, 2014
Paul’s first epistle to the Thessalonians contains passages along the same lines:
From Time ● Jun. 29, 2014
Galatians thus becomes The Letter to the Churches of the Georgia Convention, while 1 Thessalonians is translated as The First Letter to the Selma Christians.
From Time Magazine Archive
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It was thus that St Paul came to write his two epistles to the Thessalonians, the oldest Christian documents that we possess.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various
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