59 Bible Verses about Beginning

And he is the Head of the Church, which is his Body. The First-born from the dead, he is to the Church the Source of its Life, that he, in all things, may stand first.

My life, then, from youth upwards, was passed, from the very first, among my own nation, and in Jerusalem, and is within the knowledge of all Jews;

There is no record of his father, or mother, or lineage, nor again of any beginning of his days, or end of his life. In this he resembles the Son of God, and stands before us as a priest whose priesthood is continuous.

It was the Preparation Day, and just before the Sabbath began.

Dear friends, it is no new command that I am writing to you, but an old command, which you have had from the first. That old command is the Message to which you listened.

And now do thou honor me, Father, at thy own side, with the honor which I had at thy side before the world began.

In the Beginning the Word was; and the Word was with God; and the Word was God. He was in the Beginning with God;

"In truth I tell you," replied Jesus, "before Abraham existed I was."

For Christ is the very incarnation of the invisible God-- First-born and Head of all creation; For in him was created all that is in Heaven and on earth, the visible and the invisible--Angels and Archangels and all the Powers of Heaven. All has been created through him and for him. He was before all things, and all things unite in him;

It is of what has been in existence from the Beginning, of what we have heard, of what we have seen with our eyes, of what we watched reverently and touched with our hands--it is about the Word who is the Life that we are now writing.

I am writing, Fathers, to you, because you have learned to know him who has been from the Beginning. I am writing, Young Men, to you, because you have conquered the Evil One. I write, Children, to you, because you have learned to know the Father. I write, Fathers, to you, because you have learned to know him who has been from the Beginning. I write, Young Men, to you, because you are strong, and God's Message is always in your hearts, and you have conquered the Evil One.

Blessed is the God and Father of Jesus Christ, our Lord, who has blessed us on high with every spiritual blessing, in Christ. For he chose us in our union with Christ before the creation of the universe, that we might be holy and blameless in his sight, living in the spirit of love.

No, it is a divine philosophy that we teach, one concerned with the hidden purpose of God-that long-hidden philosophy which God, before time began, destined for our glory.

But, Brothers, whom the Lord loves, it is our duty always to thank God about you, for, from the first, God chose you for Salvation through the purifying influence of the Spirit, and your belief in the Truth.

It was God who saved us, and from him we received our solemn Call--not as a reward for anything that we had done, but in fulfillment of his own loving purpose. For that love was extended to us, through Christ Jesus, before time began,

and is based on the hope of Immortal Life, which God, who never lies, promised before the ages began,

Again-- 'Thou, Lord, in the beginning didst lay the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work of thy hands.

for that will be 'a time of great distress, the like of which has not occurred from the beginning of the world down to the present time'--no, nor ever will again.

For those days will be a time of distress, the like of which has not occurred from the beginning of God's creation until now-- and never will again.

"Have not you read," replied Jesus, "that at the beginning the Creator 'made them male and female,' And said--'For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother, and be united to his wife, and the man and his wife shall become one'? So that they are no longer two, but one. What God himself, then, has yoked together man must not separate."

But, at the beginning of the Creation, God 'made them male and female.' 'For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother, And the man and his wife shall become one;' so that they are no longer two, but one.read more.
What God himself, then, has yoked together man must not separate."

Therefore, if any one is in union with Christ, he is a new being! His old life has passed away; a new life has begun!

Indeed, the same God who said 'Out of darkness light shall shine,' has shone in upon our hearts, so that we should bring out into the light the knowledge of the glory of God, seen in the face of Christ.

For we are God's handiwork, created, by our union with Christ Jesus, for the good actions in doing which God had pre-arranged that we should spend our lives.

but we look for 'new heavens and a new earth,' where righteousness shall have its home, in fulfillment of the promise of God.

Then I saw new heavens and a new earth. The former heavens and the former earth had passed away; and the sea has ceased to be.

At that time Jesus began to proclaim-- "Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand."

The beginning of the Good News about Jesus Christ.

When beginning his work, Jesus was about thirty years old. He was regarded as the son of Joseph, whose ancestors were--Eli,

The first account which I drew up, Theophilus, dealt with all that Jesus did and taught from the very first,

For 'nation will rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom,' and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places. All this, however, will be but the beginning of the birth pangs!

For 'nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom'; there will be earthquakes in various places; there will be famines. This will be but the beginning of the birth-pangs.

And, when these things begin to occur, look upwards and lift your heads, for your deliverance will be at hand."

In the evening the owner of the vineyard said to his steward 'Call the laborers, and pay them their wages, beginning with the last, and ending with the first.

If, after having escaped the polluting influences of the world, through knowing our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, men are again entangled in them, and give way to them, their last state has become worse than their first.

For of this I am confident, that he who began a good work in you will complete it in readiness for the Day of Jesus Christ.

And this led us to urge upon Titus that, as he had started the work for you, he should also see to the completion of this expression of your love.

Can you be so foolish? After beginning with what is spiritual, do you now end with what is external?

For we now all share in the Christ, if indeed we retain, unshaken to the end, the confidence that we had at the first.

Therefore remember from what you have fallen, and repent, and live the life that you lived before; or else, I will come and remove your Lamp from its place, unless you repent.

And he said to me-- 'They are fulfilled. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To him who thirsts I will give of the spring of the Water of Life, freely.

And, when I saw him, I fell at his feet like one dead. He laid his hand on me and said-- 'Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last,

To the Angel of the Church in Smyrna write:-- "These are the words of him who is the First and the Last, who died, but is restored to life:--

I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.')

As for you, you are children of your Father the Devil, and you are determined to do what your father loves to do. He was a murderer from the first, and did not stand by the truth, because there is no truth in him. Whenever he lies, he does what is natural to him; because he is a liar, and the father of lying.

He who lives sinfully belongs to the Devil, for the Devil has sinned from the first. It was for this that the Son of God appeared, that he might undo the Devil's work.