Third Millennium Bible w/ Apocrypha TMBA
New International Version NIV
1 Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us,
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Many have undertaken to draw up an account of the things that have been fulfilled among us,
2 even as they were delivered unto us by those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the Word,
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just as they were handed down to us by those who from the first were eyewitnesses and servants of the word.
3 it seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus,
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With this in mind, since I myself have carefully investigated everything from the beginning, I too decided to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus,
4 that thou mightest know the certainty of those things wherein thou hast been instructed.
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so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught.
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