'First' in the Bible

leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.

But seek first God's Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

You hypocrite! First remove the beam out of your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck out of your brother's eye.

Another of his disciples said to him, "Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father."

Now the names of the twelve apostles are these. The first, Simon, who is called Peter; Andrew, his brother; James the son of Zebedee; John, his brother;

Or how can one enter into the house of the strong man, and plunder his goods, unless he first bind the strong man? Then he will plunder his house.

Then he goes, and takes with himself seven other spirits more evil than he is, and they enter in and dwell there. The last state of that man becomes worse than the first. Even so will it be also to this evil generation."

Let both grow together until the harvest, and in the harvest time I will tell the reapers, "First, gather up the darnel weeds, and bind them in bundles to burn them; but gather the wheat into my barn."'"

His disciples asked him, saying, "Then why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?"

Jesus answered them, "Elijah indeed comes first, and will restore all things,

But, lest we cause them to stumble, go to the sea, cast a hook, and take up the first fish that comes up. When you have opened its mouth, you will find a stater coin. Take that, and give it to them for me and you."

But many will be last who are first; and first who are last.

When evening had come, the lord of the vineyard said to his manager, 'Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning from the last to the first.'

When the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they likewise each received a denarius.

So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few are chosen."

Whoever desires to be first among you shall be your bondservant,

But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first, and said, 'Son, go work today in my vineyard.'

Which of the two did the will of his father?" They said to him, "The first." Jesus said to them, "Most certainly I tell you that the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering into the Kingdom of God before you.

Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they treated them the same way.

Now there were with us seven brothers. The first married and died, and having no seed left his wife to his brother.

This is the first and great commandment.

You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the platter, that its outside may become clean also.

Now on the first day of unleavened bread, the disciples came to Jesus, saying to him, "Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the Passover?"

Command therefore that the tomb be made secure until the third day, lest perhaps his disciples come at night and steal him away, and tell the people, 'He is risen from the dead;' and the last deception will be worse than the first."

Now after the Sabbath, as it began to dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb.

But no one can enter into the house of the strong man to plunder, unless he first binds the strong man; and then he will plunder his house.

For the earth bears fruit: first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.

But Jesus said to her, "Let the children be filled first, for it is not appropriate to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs."

They asked him, saying, "Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?"

He said to them, "Elijah indeed comes first, and restores all things. How is it written about the Son of Man, that he should suffer many things and be despised?

He sat down, and called the twelve; and he said to them, "If any man wants to be first, he shall be last of all, and servant of all."

But many who are first will be last; and the last first."

Whoever of you wants to become first among you, shall be bondservant of all.

There were seven brothers. The first took a wife, and dying left no offspring.

you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.' This is the first commandment.

The Good News must first be preached to all the nations.

On the first day of unleavened bread, when they sacrificed the Passover, his disciples asked him, "Where do you want us to go and prepare that you may eat the Passover?"

Very early on the first day of the week, they came to the tomb when the sun had risen.

Now when he had risen early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons.

it seemed good to me also, having traced the course of all things accurately from the first, to write to you in order, most excellent Theophilus;

This was the first enrollment made when Quirinius was governor of Syria.

Now it happened on the second Sabbath after the first, that he was going through the grain fields. His disciples plucked the heads of grain, and ate, rubbing them in their hands.

Or how can you tell your brother, 'Brother, let me remove the speck of chaff that is in your eye,' when you yourself don't see the beam that is in your own eye? You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck of chaff that is in your brother's eye.

He said to another, "Follow me!" But he said, "Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father."

Another also said, "I want to follow you, Lord, but first allow me to say good-bye to those who are at my house."

Into whatever house you enter, first say, 'Peace be to this house.'

Then he goes, and takes seven other spirits more evil than himself, and they enter in and dwell there. The last state of that man becomes worse than the first."

When the Pharisee saw it, he marveled that he had not first washed himself before dinner.

Meanwhile, when a multitude of many thousands had gathered together, so much so that they trampled on each other, he began to tell his disciples first of all, "Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

Behold, there are some who are last who will be first, and there are some who are first who will be last."

They all as one began to make excuses. "The first said to him, 'I have bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please have me excused.'

For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doesn't first sit down and count the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it?

Or what king, as he goes to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?

Calling each one of his lord's debtors to him, he said to the first, 'How much do you owe to my lord?'

But first, he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.

The first came before him, saying, 'Lord, your mina has made ten more minas.'

There were therefore seven brothers. The first took a wife, and died childless.

When you hear of wars and disturbances, don't be terrified, for these things must happen first, but the end won't come immediately."

But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they and some others came to the tomb, bringing the spices which they had prepared.

He first found his own brother, Simon, and said to him, "We have found the Messiah!" (which is, being interpreted, Christ).

and said to him, "Everyone serves the good wine first, and when the guests have drunk freely, then that which is worse. You have kept the good wine until now!"

for an angel went down at certain times into the pool, and stirred up the water. Whoever stepped in first after the stirring of the water was made whole of whatever disease he had.

"Does our law judge a man, unless it first hears from him personally and knows what he does?"

But when they continued asking him, he looked up and said to them, "He who is without sin among you, let him throw the first stone at her."

He went away again beyond the Jordan into the place where John was baptizing at first, and there he stayed.

His disciples didn't understand these things at first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written about him, and that they had done these things to him.

and led him to Annas first, for he was father-in-law to Caiaphas, who was high priest that year.

Therefore the soldiers came, and broke the legs of the first, and of the other who was crucified with him;

Nicodemus, who at first came to Jesus by night, also came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred Roman pounds.

Now on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene went early, while it was still dark, to the tomb, and saw the stone taken away from the tomb.

They both ran together. The other disciple outran Peter, and came to the tomb first.

So then the other disciple who came first to the tomb also entered in, and he saw and believed.

When therefore it was evening, on that day, the first day of the week, and when the doors were locked where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said to them, "Peace be to you."

The first book I wrote, Theophilus, concerned all that Jesus began both to do and to teach,

God, having raised up his servant, Jesus, sent him to you first, to bless you, in turning away everyone of you from your wickedness."

But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent out our fathers the first time.

When he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. It happened, that for a whole year they were gathered together with the assembly, and taught many people. The disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.

When they were past the first and the second guard, they came to the iron gate that leads into the city, which opened to them by itself. They went out, and went down one street, and immediately the angel departed from him.

before his coming, when John had first preached the baptism of repentance to Israel.

Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, and said, "It was necessary that God's word should be spoken to you first. Since indeed you thrust it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we turn to the Gentiles.

Simeon has reported how God first visited the nations, to take out of them a people for his name.

On the first day of the week, when the disciples were gathered together to break bread, Paul talked with them, intending to depart on the next day, and continued his speech until midnight.

When they had come to him, he said to them, "You yourselves know, from the first day that I set foot in Asia, how I was with you all the time,

having known me from the first, if they are willing to testify, that after the strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.

but declared first to them of Damascus, at Jerusalem, and throughout all the country of Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance.

how the Christ must suffer, and how, by the resurrection of the dead, he would be first to proclaim light both to these people and to the Gentiles."

But the centurion, desiring to save Paul, stopped them from their purpose, and commanded that those who could swim should throw themselves overboard first to go toward the land;

First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, that your faith is proclaimed throughout the whole world.

For I am not ashamed of the Good News of Christ, for it is the power of God for salvation for everyone who believes; for the Jew first, and also for the Greek.

oppression and anguish, on every soul of man who works evil, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

But glory, honor, and peace go to every man who works good, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

Much in every way! Because first of all, they were entrusted with the oracles of God.

But I ask, didn't Israel know? First Moses says, "I will provoke you to jealousy with that which is no nation, with a nation void of understanding I will make you angry."

"Or who has first given to him, and it will be repaid to him again?"

Do this, knowing the time, that it is already time for you to awaken out of sleep, for salvation is now nearer to us than when we first believed.

whenever I journey to Spain, I will come to you. For I hope to see you on my journey, and to be helped on my way there by you, if first I may enjoy your company for a while.

For first of all, when you come together in the assembly, I hear that divisions exist among you, and I partly believe it.

For in your eating each one takes his own supper first. One is hungry, and another is drunken.

God has set some in the assembly: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracle workers, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, and various kinds of languages.

But if a revelation is made to another sitting by, let the first keep silent.