Blessed and holy will he be who shares in that First Resurrection. The second Death has no power over them; but they will be priests of God, and the Christ, and they will reign with him for the thousand years.

The foundations of the wall of the City were ornamented with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation stone was a jasper; the second a sapphire; the third a chalcedony; the fourth an emerald;

The first man was from the dust of the earth; the second man from Heaven.

Passing the first Guard, and then the second, they came to the iron gate leading into the city, which opened to them of itself; and, when they had passed through that, and had walked along one street, all at once the angel left him.

If that first Covenant had been faultless, there would have been no occasion for a second.

The first Creature is like a lion, the second Creature like a calf, the third Creature has a face like a man's, and the fourth Creature is like an eagle on the wing.

When the Lamb broke the second seal, I heard the second Creature crying--'Come.'

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

After his rising again, early on the first day of the week, Jesus appeared first of all to Mary of Magdala, from whom he had driven out seven demons.

there are some who are last now who will then be first, and some who are first now who will then be last!"

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

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

The first account which I drew up, Theophilus, dealt with all that Jesus did and taught from the very first,

It exercises all the authority of the first Beast under its very eyes; and it makes the earth and all who are living on it worship that first Beast, whose mortal wound was healed.

For those whom God chose from the first he also destined from the first to be transformed into likeness to his Son, so that his Son might be the eldest among many Brothers.

And he is the Head of the Church, which is his Body. The First-born from the dead, he is to the Church the Source of its Life, that he, in all things, may stand first.

As for you, let what you were told at the first be always in your thoughts. If, then, what you were told at the first is always in your thoughts, you yourselves will maintain your union both with the Son and with the Father.

A second time the owner sent a servant to them; this man, too, the tenants struck on the head, and insulted.

And the second took her, and died without family; and so did the third.

The second is this--'Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thou dost love thyself.' There is no commandment greater than these."

But Jesus remained silent, and made no answer. A second time the High Priest questioned him. "Are you," he asked, "the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?"

At that moment, for the second time, a cock crowed; and Peter remembered the words that Jesus had said to him-- 'Before a cock has crowed twice, you will disown me three times'; and, as he thought of it, he began to weep.

Then the father went to the second son, and said the same. 'I will not,' he answered; but afterwards he was sorry and went.

Which of the two sons did as his father wished?" " The second," they said. "I tell you," added Jesus, "that tax-gatherers and prostitutes are going into the Kingdom of God before you.

A second time the owner sent some servants, a larger number than before, and the tenants treated them in the same way.

A second time he sent some servants, with orders to say to those who had been invited 'I have prepared my breakfast, my cattle and fat beasts are killed and everything is ready; come to the banquet.'

The same thing happened to the second and the third brothers, and indeed to all the seven.

The second, which is like it, is this--'Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thou dost thyself.'