'First' in the Bible

For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it.

for in your eating each one takes his own supper first; and one is hungry and another is drunk.

A person should examine himself first, and in this way let him eat the bread and drink of the cup.

And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.

So if you are desiring the things which the Spirit gives, let your minds be turned first to the things which are for the good of the church.

If any thing be revealed to another that sitteth by, let the first hold his peace.

Was it from you that the word of God first went forth? Or has it come to you only?

By this faith you are saved [reborn from above—spiritually transformed, renewed, and set apart for His purpose], if you hold firmly to the word which I preached to you, unless you believed in vain [just superficially and without complete commitment].

For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;

But at this moment the Messiah stands risen from the dead, the first one offered in the harvest of those who have died.

However, this will happen to each person in the proper order: first the Messiah, then those who belong to the Messiah when he comes.

You fool! Every time you plant seed you sow something that does not come to life [germinating, springing up and growing] unless it first dies.

And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.

Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.

The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.

As is the earthly man [the man of dust], so are those who are of earth; and as is the heavenly [Man], so are those who are of heaven.

Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.

Now I urge you, brothers for you know that the members of the family of Stephanas were the first converts in Achaia, and that they have devoted themselves to serving the saints