Acts.28.2  And the natives showed us unusual kindness, for they kindled a fire and welcomed us all, because it had begun to rain and was cold.
Gal.3.3  Are you so foolish? Having begun with the Spirit, are you now ending with the flesh?
Rev.11.17  saying, "We give thanks to thee, Lord God Almighty, who art and who wast, that thou hast taken thy great power and begun to reign.