'First' in the Bible

Being conscious in the first place that no man by himself may give a special sense to the words of the prophets.

For if, after they have got free from the unclean things of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again taken in the net and overcome, their last condition is worse than their first.

My loved ones, this is now my second letter to you, and in this as in the first, I am attempting to keep your true minds awake;

Having first of all the knowledge that in the last days there will be men who, ruled by their evil desires, will make sport of holy things,