²⁷ And ^(A)you also will bear witness, because ^(B)you have been with Me from the beginning.

¹⁴ And ^(A)we have seen and testify that ^(B)the Father has sent the Son as Savior of the world.

³⁹ And we are ^(A)witnesses of all things which He did both in the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem, whom ^[a]they ^(B)killed by hanging on a tree. ⁴⁰ Him ^(C)God raised up on the third day, and showed Him openly, ^41 (D)not to all the people, but to witnesses chosen before by God, even to us ^(E)who ate and drank with Him after He arose from the dead. ⁴² And ^(F)He commanded us to preach to the people, and to testify ^(G)that it is He who was ordained by God to be Judge ^(H)of the living and the dead.

²⁴ This is the disciple who ^(A)testifies of these things, and wrote these things; and we know that his testimony is true.

What Was Heard, Seen, and Touched^(A)

1 That ^(B)which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have ^(C)seen with our eyes, ^(D)which we have looked upon, and ^(E)our hands have handled, concerning the ^(F)Word of life— ^2 (G)the life ^(H)was manifested, and we have seen, ^(I)and bear witness, and declare to you that eternal life which was ^(J)with the Father and was manifested to us—

The Plot Against Paul

¹¹ But ^(A)the following night the Lord stood by him and said, ^[a]“Be of good cheer, Paul; for as you have testified for Me in ^(B)Jerusalem, so you must also bear witness at ^(C)Rome.”

⁴⁸ And ^(A)you are witnesses of these things.

Farewell and Peace

¹² By ^(A)Silvanus, our faithful brother as I consider him, I have written to you briefly, exhorting and testifying ^(B)that this is the true grace of God in which you stand.

Shepherd the Flock

5 The elders who are among you I exhort, I who am a fellow elder and a ^(A)witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the ^(B)glory that will be revealed: