'First' in the Bible

And when they came to him, he said to them, "You know from the first day on which I set foot in Asia how I was the whole time with you--

but to those in Damascus first, and in Jerusalem and all the region of Judea and to the Gentiles, I proclaimed [that they should] repent and turn to God, doing deeds worthy of repentance.

that the Christ was to suffer [and] that [as] the first of the resurrection from the dead, he was going to proclaim light both to the people and to the Gentiles."

but the centurion, [because he] wanted to save Paul, prevented them {from doing what they intended}, and gave orders [that] those who were able to swim should jump in first to get to the land,

First, I give thanks to my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is being proclaimed in the whole world.

For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.

[There will be] affliction and distress for every {human being} who does evil, of the Jew first and of the Greek,

but glory and honor and peace to everyone who does good, to the Jew first and to the Greek.

Much in every way. For first, that they were entrusted with the oracles of God.

But I say, Israel did not know, did they? First, Moses says, "I will provoke you [to jealousy] by [those who are] not a nation; by a senseless nation I will provoke you [to anger]."

whenever I travel to Spain. For I hope [while I] am passing through to see you and to be sent on my way by you, whenever I have first enjoyed your [company] for a while.

also [greet] the church in their house. Greet Epenetus my dear [friend], who is {the first convert} of Asia for Christ.

For in the first place, [when you] come together as a church, I hear there are divisions among you, and in part I believe it.

and whom God has appointed in the church: first, apostles, second, prophets, third, teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, helps, administrations, kinds of tongues.

And if [something] is revealed to another who is seated, the first must be silent.

For I passed on to you {as of first importance} what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures,

Thus also it is written, "The first man, Adam, became a living soul"; the last Adam [became] a life-giving spirit.

But the spiritual [is] not first, but the natural; then the spiritual.

The first man [is] from the earth, made of earth; the second man [is] from heaven.

On the first [day] of the week, each one of you {put aside} [something], saving up {to whatever extent he has prospered}, in order that whenever I come, at that time collections do not take place.

and not just as we had hoped, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and [then] to us, by the will of God.

But you know that because of an illness of the flesh I proclaimed the gospel to you the first time.

"Honor your father and mother" (which is the first commandment with a promise),

because of your participation in the gospel from the first day until now,

and he himself is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he himself may become first in everything,

For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout of command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.

Do not let anyone deceive you in any way, for [that day will not come] unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction,

Therefore, I urge first of all [that] petitions, prayers, requests, [and] thanksgiving be made on behalf of all people,

For Adam was formed first, then Eve,

and these also must be tested first; then let them serve [if they] are above reproach.

But if any widow has children or grandchildren, they must learn to show profound respect for their own household first, and to pay back recompense to their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God.

{remembering the} sincere faith in you, which lived first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am convinced that [is] in you also,

The farmer who works hard must [be] the first to receive a share of the crops.

At my first defense, no one came to my [aid], but [they] all deserted me; may it not be counted against them.

Reject a divisive person after a first and second admonition,

to whom also Abraham apportioned a tenth of everything--in the first place, [his name] is translated "king of righteousness," and then also "king of Salem," that is, "king of peace";

For if that first [covenant] had been faultless, occasion would not have been sought for a second.

Now the first [covenant] had regulations for worship and the earthly sanctuary.

For a tent was prepared, the first [one], in which [were] the lampstand and the table and the presentation of the loaves, which is called the holy place.

Now these things having been prepared in this way, the priests enter into the first tent {continually} [as they] accomplish their service,

The Holy Spirit [was] making this clear, [that] the way [into] the holy place [was] not yet revealed, [while] the first tent was still in existence,

And because of this, he is the mediator of a new covenant, in order that, [because] a death has taken place for the redemption of transgressions [committed] during the first covenant, those who are the called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.

Therefore not even the first [covenant] was ratified without blood.

then he has said, "Behold, I have come to do your will." He takes away the first in order to establish the second,

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, obedient, full of mercy and good fruits, nonjudgmental, without hypocrisy,

For [it is] the time for the judgment to begin out from the household of God. But if [it begins] out from us first, what will be the outcome for those who are disobedient to the gospel of God?

For if, [after they] have escaped from the defilements of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and they are again entangled in these [things] [and] succumb to [them], the last [state] has become worse for them than the first.

We love, because he first loved us.

I wrote something to the church, but Diotrephes, who wants to be first [among] them, does not acknowledge us.

And when I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead person, and he placed his right hand on me, saying, "Do not be afraid! I am the first and the last,

But I have [this] against you: that you have left your first love.

Remember therefore from where you have fallen, and repent and do {the works you did at first}. But if you do not, I am coming to you, and I will remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent.

"And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: "This is what the first and the last says, who was dead and came to life:

'I know your works, and your love, and faith, and service, and patient endurance--and your last works [are] greater than the first.

And the first living creature [was] similar to a lion, and the second living creature [was] similar to an ox, and the third living creature had a face like a man's, and the fourth living creature [was] similar to an eagle flying.

And the first blew the trumpet, and there was hail and fire mixed with blood, and it was thrown to the earth, and a third of the earth was burned up, and a third of the trees were burned up, and all the green grass was burned up.

The first woe has passed. Behold, two woes are still coming after these [things].

And he exercises all the authority of the first beast on behalf of him, and he causes the earth and those who live in it to worship the first beast {whose fatal wound had been healed}.

And the first went and poured out his bowl on the earth, and there was an evil and painful sore on the people who had the mark of the beast and who worshiped his image.

(The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were completed.) This [is] the first resurrection.

Blessed and holy [is] the one who has a part in the first resurrection. Over this person the second death has no authority, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him a thousand years.

And I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea did not exist [any] longer.

The foundations of the wall of the city are adorned with every kind of precious stone: the first foundation jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald,

I [am] the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end."