'Former' in the Bible

For you have heard of my former manner of life in Judaism, how I used to persecute the church of God beyond measure and tried to destroy it;

that, in reference to your former manner of life, you lay aside the old self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the lusts of deceit,

the former proclaim Christ out of selfish ambition rather than from pure motives, thinking to cause me distress in my imprisonment.

For, on the one hand, there is a setting aside of a former commandment because of its weakness and uselessness

The former priests, on the one hand, existed in greater numbers because they were prevented by death from continuing,

But remember the former days, when, after being enlightened, you endured a great conflict of sufferings,

As obedient children, do not be conformed to the former lusts which were yours in your ignorance,

For in this way in former times the holy women also, who hoped in God, used to adorn themselves, being submissive to their own husbands;

For he who lacks these qualities is blind or short-sighted, having forgotten his purification from his former sins.