Luke 1:1-3

21st Century King James Version

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,

² even as they were delivered unto us by those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers 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,