1 SINCE many have undertaken to compose a history of the things that are fully believed among us,
Luke 1:1 Cross References - Anderson
John 20:31
31 but these are written, that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life through his name.
Acts 1:1-3
1 THE former record I made, Theophilus, of all things that Jesus began both to do and to teach,
2 till the day on which he was taken up, after he had, through the Holy Spirit, given commandments to the apostles whom he had chosen.
3 To whom, after he had suffered, he also showed himself alive, by many indubitable proofs; appearing to them for forty days, and speaking of the things that pertain to the kingdom of God.
1 Timothy 3:16
16 And confessedly great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in flesh, justified in spirit, seen by angels, preached among the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up in glory.
2 Timothy 4:17
17 but the Lord stood by me, and gave me strength, that through me that which is preached might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.
2 Peter 1:16-19
16 For we did not follow cunningly devised fables, when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ; but we were eye-witnesses of his majesty.
17 For he received from God the Father honor and glory, when there came to him from the magnificent glory a voice, such as this: This is my beloved Son, in whom I delight.
18 And this voice, which came from heaven, we heard when we were with him in the holy mount;
19 and we have the prophetic word better established. You do well to attend to this, as to a lamp that shines in a dark place, till the day dawn, and the morning star arise in your hearts;