³¹ but these have been written ^(A)so that you may believe that Jesus is the ^[a]Christ, ^(B)the Son of God; and that by ^(C)believing you may have life in His name.

^16 (A)All Scripture is ^[a]inspired by God and beneficial for teaching, for ^[b]rebuke, for correction, for training in righteousness;

¹⁸ I testify to everyone who hears ^(A)the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone ^(B)adds to them, God will add to him ^(C)the plagues that are written in ^(D)this book;

Introduction

1 Since many have undertaken to compile an account of the things ^[a](A)accomplished among us,

The Incarnate Word

1 What was ^(A)from the beginning, what we have ^(B)heard, what we have ^(C)seen with our eyes, what we ^(D)have looked at and ^(E)touched with our hands, concerning the ^(F)Word of Life—

⁴⁰ for just as ^(A)Jonah was in the stomach of the sea monster for three days and three nights, so will ^(B)the Son of Man be in the heart of the earth for ^(C)three days and three nights.