Mat 17:1-2, Mar 9:2, Joh 1:14, 1Cor 1:17, 2Cor 2:17, 4:2, 1Jo 1:1, 4:14 | ISV | STEP | Jesus’ Appearance Is Changed Six days later, Jesus took Peter, James, and his brother John and led them up a high mountain by themselves.

Matthew 17:1-2

1 Jesus’ Appearance Is Changed Mark 9:2-13; Luke 9:28-36

Six days later, Jesus took Peter, James, and his brother John and led them up a high mountain by themselves.Mark 9:2; Luke 9:28 2 His appearance was changed in front of them, his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as light.

Mark 9:2

2 Six days later, Jesus took Peter, James, and John and led them up a high mountain to be alone with him. His appearance was changed in front of them,Matt 17:1; Luke 9:28

John 1:14

14 The Word Becomes HumanThe Word became flesh and tabernacled ^{▼▼Or pitched his tent} among us. We gazed on his glory, the kind of glory that belongs to the Father's unique Son, ^{▼▼The Gk. lacks Son} full of grace and truth.Isa 40:5; Matt 1:16, 20; 17:2; Luke 1:31, 35; 2:7; John 2:11; 11:40; Rom 1:3; Gal 4:4; Col 1:19; 1Tim 3:16; Heb 2:11, 14, 16-17; 2Pet 1:17

1 Corinthians 1:17

17 For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, not with eloquent wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.1Cor 2:1, 4, 13; 2Pet 1:16

2 Corinthians 2:17

17 At least we are not commercializing God's word like so many others. Instead, in Christ we speak with sincerity, like people who are sent from God and are accountable to God. ^{▼▼Lit. as from God and before God}2Cor 1:12; 4:2; 11:13; 2Pet 2:3

2 Corinthians 4:2

2 Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful ways. We do not use trickery or pervert God's word. By clear statements of the truth we commend ourselves to everyone's conscience before God.2Cor 2:17; 5:11; 7:14; 1Thes 2:3, 5

1 John 1:1

1 The Letter Called First JohnJesus, the Word of Life

What existed from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we observed and touched with our own hands—this is the ^{▼▼Lit. about the} Word of life!Luke 24:39; John 1:1, 14; 20:27; 2Pet 1:16; 1John 2:13; 4:14

1 John 4:14

14 We have seen for ourselves and can testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world.John 1:14; 3:17; 1John 1:1-2