The Book of Mormon

Alma 46:14

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~73 BC

1830 Edition

for thus were all the true believers of Christ, which belonged to the church of God, called, by those which did not belong to the church;

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fFor thus were all the true believers of Christ, whicho belonged to the church of God, called, by those whicho did not belong to the church;.

Simple English

This is what the true believers of Christ who belonged to the church of God were called by those who did not belong to the church.

Paraphrase

That’s what outsiders called the true believers in Christ who belonged to God’s church—Christians.

Notes

46:13-16

The term “Christians” comes from the Greek word Christianoi, meaning “followers of Christ.” The Bible records that believers were first called Christians in Antioch (see Acts 11:26), during the first century.