帖撒羅尼迦前/後書
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New Testament – Epistles
Pronounce as [the-suh-LOH-nyuhns],
as in “theft-Lisa–LOW-onions“
Thessalonians were people from Thessalonica (current day Thessaloniki). In Acts 17, we see that Apostle Paul and Silas managed to stay in Thessalonica for only about three weeks before being chased out by some jealous locals. In three weeks, they planted a church that later grew so strong and healthy that its good reports spread out in the surrounding regions. Paul was greatly comforted because of them and wrote 1 Thessalonians to encourage (and instruct) them. I think we can all take a page (no pun intended) from Apostle Paul and the Thessalonians.