And God has placed people in the church, first as apostles, second as inspired preachers, third as teachers, then wonder-workers; then come ability to cure the sick, helpfulness, administration, ecstatic speaking.

The first man is of the dust of the earth; the second man is from heaven.

For if that first agreement had been perfect, there would have been no occasion for a second one.

Blessed and holy is the man who experiences the first resurrection! The second death has no power over them; they will be priests of God and the Christ, and reign with him for the thousand years.

The foundation stones of the wall of the city were ornamented with all kinds of precious stones. The first foundation stone was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald,

The first animal was like a lion, the second was like an ox, the third had a face like a man's, and the fourth was like an eagle flying.

They passed the first guard and then the second, and came to the iron gate that led into the city. It opened to them of itself, and they passed out and went along one street, when suddenly the angel left him.

When he broke the second seal, I heard the second animal say, "Come!"

It exercises the full authority of the first animal on its behalf. It makes the earth and its inhabitants worship the first animal, whose mortal wound had been healed.

Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea.

In my vision, when the Lamb broke the first of the seven seals, I heard the first of the four animals say with a voice like thunder, "Come!"

But many who are first now will be last then, and many who are now last will be first.

So those who are last now will be first then, and those who are first will be last."

But many who are first now will be last then, and the last will be first."

Now after he had risen, early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary of Magdala, from whom he had driven out seven evil spirits.

There are those now last who will then be first, and there are those now first who will be last."

And beyond the second curtain, in the part called the inner sanctuary,

This is the second letter, dear friends, that I have now written to you, in the effort to arouse your unsullied minds

The second woe is past. See! The third woe is soon to come.

A second angel followed, saying, "She is fallen! Mighty Babylon is fallen, who made all the heathen drink the wine of the passion of her immorality!"

The second emptied his bowl upon the sea, and it turned into blood like a dead man's, and every live thing in the sea died.

Then death and Hades were flung into the fiery lake. This is the second death??he fiery lake.

But the cowardly, unfaithful, and polluted??urderers, immoral people, those who practice magic or idolatry, and all liars will find themselves in the burning lake of fire and brimstone. This is the second death."

Let everyone who can hear listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. He who is victorious will not be hurt by the second death.'

Then the second angel blew his trumpet, and what looked like a great mountain ablaze with fire was thrown into the sea, and one third of the sea turned into blood,