49 Bible Verses about Gospel, Historical Foundation Of

And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city Nazareth, into Judea, into the city of David which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David, to enroll himself along with Mary, the wife having been betrothed to him, being in an advanced state of pregnancy. And it came to pass while they were there the days of her parturition were fulfilled.read more.
And she brought forth her firstborn son, and she wrapped Him in swaddling clothes and laid Him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.

And the angel said to them; Fear not; for behold, I preach unto you the gospel of great joy, which shall be to all people; because this day a Savior is born unto you, who is Christ the Lord, in the city of David. And this shall be the sign unto you; you shall find an infant lying in a manger, wrapped in swaddling clothes.

And he meditating on these things, behold an angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying; Joseph, son of David, do not fear to receive Mary thy wife; for that which is begotten in her is of the Holy Spirit; she shall bring forth a son; and thou shalt call his name Jesus; for He will save His people from their sins.

And the angel said to her; Fear not, Mary; for thou didst find favor with God. And behold, thou shalt conceive and hear a son, and thou shalt call His name Jesus. He shall be great and shall be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God shall give unto Him the throne of His father David:read more.
and He shall reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of His Kingdom there shall be no end. And Mary said to the angel; How shall this be, since I know not man? And the angel responding said to her; The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee; therefore, indeed, that holy thing that is begotten shall be called the Son of God.

The Word was made flesh, and tented among us (and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten with the Father), full of grace and truth.

That was the true light, which lighteth every man, coming into the world.

For there was an impotency of the law, in which it was weak through depravity, God having sent his own Son in the likeness of the sin of depravity and for sin, condemned sin in depravity:

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, being rich, for your sakes he became poor, that you through his poverty might be made rich.

who, being in the form of God, thought it not usurpation to be equal with God, but he humbled himself, having taken the form of a servant, being in the likeness of men; and having been found in fashion like a man;

And assuredly great is the mystery of godliness; Who is manifested in the flesh, was justified in the spirit, was seen of angels, was preached among the Gentiles, was believed on in the world, was taken up in glory.

Then since the children have inherited blood and flesh, he likewise also received the same, in order that through death he might set at nought him who has the power of death, that is, the devil;

That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have beheld, and our hands have handled, concerning the Word of the life; and the life was made manifest, and we have seen, and we testify, and we proclaim to you the life which is eternal, which was with the Father, and has been made manifest unto us;

who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth,

He made him sin in our behalf, who knew no sin; in order that we may become the righteousness of God in him.

For we have not a high priest who is not able to be touched with our infirmities; but one having been tempted as to all things like unto us, apart from sin.

For such a high priest was indeed appropriate unto us, holy, free from sin, undefiled, having been separated from the sinners, and being higher than the heavens; who had not daily need, as the high priests, first to offer up sacrifices for their own sins, then those of the people: for he did this, having offered up himself once. For the law institutes men high priests, having infirmity; but the word of the oath, which is after the law, the Son, having been made perfect forever.

And you know that he was manifested that he might take away sins; and in him there is no sin.

he humbled himself, being obedient even unto death, yea, the death of the cross.

And Jesus again crying with a loud voice, gave up His spirit.

And Jesus, sending forth a loud voice, expired.

And calling with a loud voice, Jesus said, Father, into thy hands I commit my spirit. And having said this, He expired.

Then when Jesus received the vinegar, He said, It is finished: and bowing His head, He gave up His spirit.

And God commends his love to us, because, we being yet sinners, Christ died for us. How much more then, having now been justified by his blood, shall we be saved from wrath through him. For if being enemies we are reconciled to God through the death of his Son; how much more, being reconciled, shall we be saved through his life:read more.
but not only so, but even rejoicing in God through Jesus Christ our Lord, through whom we now received reconciliation.

I have come to send fire on the earth; and what do I will, if it is already kindled? And I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it may be perfected!

Did it not behoove Christ to suffer, and to enter into His glory?

I glorified thee upon the earth, having finished the work that thou hast given to me that I may do it.

Him by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, having been delivered, you having nailed up, slew through the hand of lawless men;

for as by the disobedience of one man many were made sinners, so also by the obedience of one man shall many be made righteous.

but we preach Christ having been crucified, to the Jews indeed a stumbling block, and to the Gentiles foolishness; but to you who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.

who himself has borne our sins in his own body on the wood, in order that we, being made free from sins, may live unto righteousness: by whose stripe you are healed.

For I delivered unto you in the first place that which I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; and that he was buried, and that he arose on the third day according to the Scriptures; and that he was seen by Cephas; then by the twelve.read more.
Then he was seen by more than five hundred brethren at once, of whom the more remain unto this day, but some have fallen asleep. Then he was seen by James; then by all the apostles. But last of all he was seen by me, as one born out of due time.

And late on the Sabbath-day, on the dawn toward the first of the Sabbaths, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the sepulcher. And behold, there was a great earthquake; for an angel descending from heaven, having come rolled away the stone from the door, and sat upon it. And his countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow.read more.
And from fear of him the keepers did quake, and they became like dead men. And the angel responding, said to the women, Be ye not afraid: for I know that you are seeking Jesus, who has been crucified. He is not here; for He is risen, as He said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay. And going quickly, tell His disciples, that He is risen from the dead; and behold, He goes before you into Galilee; and there you shall see Him; lo, I have told you. And having come out quickly from the sepulcher with fear and great joy, they were running to tell His disciples.

And the Sabbath passing away, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, prepared aromatics, in order that having come they may anoint Him. And exceedingly early in the morning, the first of the Sabbaths, they come to the sepulcher, the sun approaching the horizon. And they were saying to themselves, Who shall for us roll away the stone from the sepulcher?read more.
And looking up, they see that the stone has already been rolled away: for it was exceedingly great. And having come to the sepulcher, they saw a young man sitting on the right, clothed in a white robe. And they were affrighted. But he says to them, Fear not: you are seeking Jesus, the Nazarene, who has been crucified: He is risen; He is not here: see the place where they laid Him. But go, tell His disciples and Peter, that He goes before you into Galilee: you shall see Him there, as He told you. And having come out from the sepulcher, they fled; and trembling and ecstasy possessed them, and they said nothing to any one; for they were afraid.

And on the first of the Sabbath, at the depth of the dawn, they came to the sepulcher, bearing the aromatics which they had prepared, And they found the stone, having been rolled away from the sepulcher. And coming in they found not the body of the Lord Jesus.read more.
And it came to pass, while they were at a loss concerning this, and behold, two men stood by them in shining garments: and they being afraid, and turning their face towards the ground, they said to them, Why seek ye the living among the dead? He is not here, but He is risen. Remember how He spoke to you, being with you in Galilee, Saying That it behooveth the Son of man to be delivered into the hands of sinners, and to be crucified, and to rise again on the third day. And they remembered His words. And having returned from the sepulcher, they proclaimed all these things to the eleven, and all the rest. And Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James: and the other women with them spoke these things to the apostles.

On the first of the Sabbaths Mary Magdalene comes to the sepulcher early in the morning, it being yet dark, and sees the stone having been rolled from the sepulcher. Then she runs, and comes to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and says to them, They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulcher, and we know not where they have placed Him. Then Peter and the other disciple came out, and they were coming to the sepulcher.read more.
And the two were running simultaneously: and the other disciple was running before more rapidly than Peter, and came first to the sepulcher. John looking in sees the grave-clothes lying; and did not come in. Then Simon Peter, following him, he came into the sepulcher; and sees the grave-clothes lying, and the napkin, which was on His head, not lying with the grave-clothes, but separate in one place, having been rolled up. Then the other disciple also came in, the one having come first to the sepulcher, and saw, and believed; for they did not yet understand the Scripture, That it behooved Him to rise from the dead.

Remember Jesus Christ, who is risen from the dead, from the seed of David, according to my gospel: in whom I suffer affliction as an evil-doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound. On account of this I endure all things for the sake of the elect, in order that they may also have the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

but if Christ is not risen, then indeed is our preaching vain, and your faith is vain.

who was delivered on account of our transgressions, and raised for our justification.

Then what shall we say? must we abide in sin, in order that grace may abound? It could not be so. How shall we, who are dead unto sin, live any longer in it? Whether do you not know, that so many of us as were baptized unto Jesus Christ were baptized into His death?read more.
Therefore we were buried with him by baptism into death: in order that as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so must we also walk in newness of life. For if we have grown together in the likeness of His death, we shall also be in the likeness of his resurrection: knowing this, that our old man is crucified along with him, in order that the body of sin may be destroyed, that we may no longer serve sin; for the one having died has been made free from sin. But if we died along with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him: knowing that Christ having risen from the dead dies no more; death no longer has dominion over him. For the death that he died, he died unto sin once: but the life that he lives, he lives unto God. So you also thus reckon yourselves dead unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ. Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body that you should obey the lusts of it: neither present your members arms of iniquity unto sin; but present yourselves to God, as alive from the dead, and your members arms of righteousness unto God. For sin shall not have dominion over you: for you are not under the law, but under grace.

For since death was through a man, the resurrection of the dead is also through a man.

And having spoken these words, they looking, He was taken up, and a cloud received Him from their eyes.

OMITTED TEXT

And He led them out even unto Bethany; and having lifted up His hands, He blessed them. And it came to pass, while He was blessing them, He departed from them, and was carried up into heaven.

Truly, I made the first history, O Theophilus, concerning all things which Jesus began both to do and to teach, from the day on which, having given commandment through the Holy Ghost to the apostles whom He had chosen, He was received up.

Therefore on the right hand of God exalted, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, has poured out this which you both see and hear.

It is God who justifies: who is he that condemns? It is Christ who died, and rather who is risen, who is on the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding in our behalf.

If then ye are risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting on the right hand of God;

who being the brightness of his glory, and the character of his person, and holding up all things by the word of his power, having made purgation of the sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

looking unto Jesus the beginner and perfecter of our faith; who for the joy that was placed before him, endured the cross, looking with contempt at the shame, and has sat down on the right hand of the throne of God.