149 occurrences

'First' in the Bible

You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.

Verse ConceptsBeing FirstClarityExamining YourselfFirst ActionsPlucking OutA Little BitActing For OneselfEyesHypocritesHypocrisyRemoving People From Your Lifecriticismdust

Now these are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon (called Peter), and Andrew his brother; James son of Zebedee and John his brother;

Verse ConceptsPeter, The ApostleTwelve DisciplesDiscipleshipChristmas TreeStruggles In Relationshipzealots

How else can someone enter a strong man's house and steal his property, unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can thoroughly plunder the house.

Verse ConceptsExorcismsHousesSpiritual Warfare, Causes OfVictory, Over Spiritual ForcesLimitations Of StrengthTying Uppossessions

Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and live there, so the last state of that person is worse than the first. It will be that way for this evil generation as well!"

Verse Conceptsevil, origins ofSevenEvil GenerationsSeven SpiritsDemons EnteringMore ThanWorseBackslidersDemonsCasting Out Demonshomecoming

Let both grow together until the harvest. At harvest time I will tell the reapers, "First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned, but then gather the wheat into my barn."'"

Verse ConceptsBinding cornHarvestSicklesBindingEternal JudgmentMixed MultitudeJoining ThingsGathering FoodBurning PlantsGod's StorehousesPlants Growing UpGrowing

The disciples asked him, "Why then do the experts in the law say that Elijah must come first?"

Verse ConceptsJudaismTeachers Of The LawPeople Going BeforeWhy Do Others Do This?

He answered, "Elijah does indeed come first and will restore all things.

Verse ConceptsRestoring Things

He said, "Yes." When Peter came into the house, Jesus spoke to him first, "What do you think, Simon? From whom do earthly kings collect tolls or taxes -- from their sons or from foreigners?"

Verse ConceptsAffirmative ActionEntering HousesThinking ArightAssentingWhat Foreigners DoTax To Be Paidtaxes

But so that we don't offend them, go to the lake and throw out a hook. Take the first fish that comes up, and when you open its mouth, you will find a four drachma coin. Take that and give it to them for me and you."

Verse ConceptsForeknowledgeethics, socialCivic DutiesLoyaltyMiracles Of ChristCitizens, Christian DutiesCoinsDivine Power Over NatureCitizenshipDo Not HinderFishtaxes

Then his lord called the first slave and said to him, 'Evil slave! I forgave you all that debt because you begged me!

Verse ConceptsCancelling DebtsOthers SummoningPeople Forgiving OthersDebt

When it was evening the owner of the vineyard said to his manager, 'Call the workers and give the pay starting with the last hired until the first.'

Verse ConceptsBeginningMastersOverseersMetaphorical VineyardsBeginning And EndIn TurnLast OnesOthers Summoning

And when those hired first came, they thought they would receive more. But each one also received the standard wage.

Verse ConceptsGrowth In WealthThinking ArightFirst Ones

and whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave --

Verse ConceptsSlavesHumbling Oneself

"What do you think? A man had two sons. He went to the first and said, 'Son, go and work in the vineyard today.'

Verse ConceptsMetaphorical VineyardsThinking ArightTwo SonsMen Working

Which of the two did his father's will?" They said, "The first." Jesus said to them, "I tell you the truth, tax collectors and prostitutes will go ahead of you into the kingdom of God!

Verse ConceptsKingdom Of God, Entry IntoReceived OutcastsPeople Going BeforeEntering The KingdomTwo SonsObeying PeopleThe Will Of MenGoing To Heavenwhorestaxessurprises

Again he sent other slaves, more than the first, and they treated them the same way.

Verse ConceptsDoing Repeatedly

Now on the first day of the feast of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus and said, "Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the Passover?"

Verse ConceptsPassover lambFeastingTypesWhere Are Things?

So give orders to secure the tomb until the third day. Otherwise his disciples may come and steal his body and say to the people, 'He has been raised from the dead,' and the last deception will be worse than the first."

Verse ConceptsThe Disciples ActionsChrist Would RiseWorse

But no one is able to enter a strong man's house and steal his property unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he can thoroughly plunder his house.

Verse ConceptsFreedom, Through Jesus ChristExorcismsHousesSpiritual Warfare, Causes OfVictory, Over Spiritual ForcesParables Of ChristLimitations Of StrengthTying UpProperty

By itself the soil produces a crop, first the stalk, then the head, then the full grain in the head.

Verse ConceptsAgriculture, Used FigurativelyBeing FirstFoliageBearing FruitMaturity

He said to her, "Let the children be satisfied first, for it is not right to take the children's bread and to throw it to the dogs."

Verse ConceptsBeing FirstPeople Providing FoodSalvation For IsraelGood ChildrenFamily FirstKidsPetsFeeding The Poor

Then they asked him, "Why do the experts in the law say that Elijah must come first?"

Verse ConceptsTeachablenessTeachers Of The LawPeople Going BeforeWhy Do Others Do This?

He said to them, "Elijah does indeed come first, and restores all things. And why is it written that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be despised?

Verse ConceptsSonsSuffering, Of Jesus ChristPeople Going BeforeRestoring Things

and whoever wants to be first among you must be the slave of all.

Verse ConceptsSlavesFirst Onesservanthood

There were seven brothers. The first one married, and when he died he had no children.

Verse ConceptsSeven ChildrenFirst OnesDeath Of Unnamed IndividualsTaking A WifeFamily Death

Now on the first day of the feast of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb is sacrificed, Jesus' disciples said to him, "Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the Passover?"

Verse ConceptsPassover lambTypesThe Disciples Words

This was the first registration, taken when Quirinius was governor of Syria.

Verse ConceptsCensusFirst ActionsNamed Gentile Rulerssyria

How can you say to your brother, 'Brother, let me remove the speck from your eye,' while you yourself don't see the beam in your own? You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.

Verse ConceptsBeamsBeing FirstHumourAccepting OthersPlucking OutThe Faculty Of SightEyesHypocritesHypocrisy

Jesus said to another, "Follow me." But he replied, "Lord, first let me go and bury my father."

Verse ConceptsCommitment, to Jesus ChristFirst ActionsInstructions About Following

I tell you, even though the man inside will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of the first man's sheer persistence he will get up and give him whatever he needs.

Verse ConceptsGiving To OthersNot Able To Get UpWhy People Did ThingsFriendsFriendship And LoveBoldnessFriendship KjvLosing FriendsPersistencerelentless

But when a stronger man attacks and conquers him, he takes away the first man's armor on which the man relied and divides up his plunder.

Verse ConceptsVictory, Over Spiritual ForcesGod Shows Loving KindnessLimitations Of StrengthStrong PeopleTying UpDividing The SpoilOvercoming

Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and live there, so the last state of that person is worse than the first."

Verse ConceptsBeing Firstevil, origins ofEvil SpiritsDeteriorationSatanic InvasionSeven SpiritsDemons EnteringThose DemonisedWorseCasting Out Demons

The Pharisee was astonished when he saw that Jesus did not first wash his hands before the meal.

Verse ConceptsJudaismMarvellingCharacteristics Of PhariseesAblutionsurprisesJesus Eating

But indeed, some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last."

Verse ConceptsFirst OnesLast Onesimportance

But one after another they all began to make excuses. The first said to him, 'I have bought a field, and I must go out and see it. Please excuse me.'

Verse ConceptsComplacencyBuying and sellingLove, Abuse OfReal EstateGuest Rooms

Or what king, going out to confront another king in battle, will not sit down first and determine whether he is able with ten thousand to oppose the one coming against him with twenty thousand?

Verse ConceptsThoughtTwenty Thousand And UpFirst ActionsReady For WarWarSpiritual WarfareBattleGuidance And StrengthResolving Conflictriskarmy

So he contacted his master's debtors one by one. He asked the first, 'How much do you owe my master?'

Verse ConceptsDebtMoney Managementcheatersaccounting

So the first one came before him and said, 'Sir, your mina has made ten minas more.'

Verse ConceptsFirst OnesLarge Denominations

And when you hear of wars and rebellions, do not be afraid. For these things must happen first, but the end will not come at once."

Verse ConceptsBeing OrganizedEnd Of The WorldBeforePrinciples Of WarSigns Of The TimesHard TimesWarrumors

Now on the first day of the week, at early dawn, the women went to the tomb, taking the aromatic spices they had prepared.

Verse ConceptsDawnembalmingSundayOintmentSepulchresThe First Day Of The WeekDaybreakJesus TombAt DaybreakEarly Rising

He first found his own brother Simon and told him, "We have found the Messiah!" (which is translated Christ).

Verse ConceptsFindingWitnessing, Approaches ToNames And Titles For ChristChrist, Names ForFinding PeopleEvangelismmovement

and said to him, "Everyone serves the good wine first, and then the cheaper wine when the guests are drunk. You have kept the good wine until now!"

Verse ConceptsAlcoholFirst ActionsProviding WineBad ItemsDrunkenness

"Our law doesn't condemn a man unless it first hears from him and learns what he is doing, does it?"

Verse ConceptsJudging RightlyExcellent LawNo Condemnationcondemnation

When they persisted in asking him, he stood up straight and replied, "Whoever among you is guiltless may be the first to throw a stone at her."

Verse ConceptsMercy, Examples OfShrewdnessAcknowledge, SinUncharitablenessAbusive ParentsThrowing StonesQuestioning ChristFirst OnesInstructions About Stoning

(His disciples did not understand these things when they first happened, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written about him and that these things had happened to him.)

Verse ConceptsRememberingUnderstandingRemembering ChristNot Understanding SayingsScriptures Fulfilled

They brought him first to Annas, for he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high priest that year.

Verse ConceptsFathers, Responsibilities OfFathers In LawsRivers

So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the two men who had been crucified with Jesus, first the one and then the other.

Verse ConceptsBones Brokenliberationcrucifixion

Now very early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been moved away from the entrance.

Verse ConceptsLord's Day, TheSundayStonesThe First Day Of The WeekThe Act Of OpeningOpening PitsJesus TombDarkness Of NightThose Who Rose EarlyPerspective

The two were running together, but the other disciple ran faster than Peter and reached the tomb first.

Verse ConceptsCeremoniesOutrunningFirst To Act

Then the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, came in, and he saw and believed.

Verse ConceptsThe Beloved DiscipleEntering TombsThose Who Believed In Christ

On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the disciples had gathered together and locked the doors of the place because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders. Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, "Peace be with you."

Verse ConceptsCowardiceJews, TheKeysSundayPeace, Human Destruction OfSabbath, In NtMiracles Of ChristResurrection Of Christ, AppearancesFear, Of PersecutionThe First Day Of The WeekShutting DoorsEvenings For Jesus And His DisciplesFear Of EnemiesPraying Behind Closed DoorsPeace To You

God raised up his servant and sent him first to you, to bless you by turning each one of you from your iniquities."

Verse ConceptsChrist, The High PriestGod Raising ChristTo The Jew Firstservanthood

So when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our ancestors there the first time.

Verse ConceptsFirst Actions

After they had passed the first and second guards, they came to the iron gate leading into the city. It opened for them by itself, and they went outside and walked down one narrow street, when at once the angel left him.

Verse ConceptsGatesIronLengthPrisonsThe Act Of OpeningOpening GatesCity GatesLeavingIron ObjectsFirst OnesSecond Being

Both Paul and Barnabas replied courageously, "It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. Since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we are turning to the Gentiles.

Verse ConceptsGentiles, In NtCourage, In Facing EnemiesBoldness, Proclaiming Gospeldenial of Jesus ChristNecessityRejection Of GodRejection Of God's CallUnworthinessAdvice, Rejecting God's AdvicePreaching Gospel To ForeignersNot Maintaining LifeTo The Jew Firstholy Boldness

Simeon has explained how God first concerned himself to select from among the Gentiles a people for his name.

Verse ConceptsFirst Among The GentilesOther References To God's Name

When they arrived, he said to them, "You yourselves know how I lived the whole time I was with you, from the first day I set foot in the province of Asia,

Verse ConceptsSelf ConfidenceMannersFirst Among The GentilesPeople With General Knowledge

but I declared to those in Damascus first, and then to those in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds consistent with repentance.

Verse ConceptsConversion, nature ofMissionaries, Task OfPreaching, Content OfProof, As EvidenceRepentance, Nature OfRevelation, Responses ToUrgencyPreaching Gospel To ForeignersRepentance And ForgivenessSigns Of RepentanceWorks Of FaithRepentancedamascusevangelising

But the centurion, wanting to save Paul's life, prevented them from carrying out their plan. He ordered those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land,

Verse ConceptsRankSwimmingPeople JumpingRestraints From Killing

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

Verse ConceptsFavouritismTo The Jew FirstDoing GoodGod Bestowing GloryThe Gospel To Jew And Gentile

Actually, there are many advantages. First of all, the Jews were entrusted with the oracles of God.

Verse ConceptsHeirsWord Of GodBible, Names OfGifts Of GodOther Gifts Of GodUse Of The ScripturesRespect

But again I ask, didn't Israel understand? First Moses says, "I will make you jealous by those who are not a nation; with a senseless nation I will provoke you to anger."

Verse ConceptsProvokingFoolish PeopleMaking Israel JealousNot Understanding God's Things

If the first portion of the dough offered is holy, then the whole batch is holy, and if the root is holy, so too are the branches.

Verse ConceptsBranches, Figurative UsesFullness Of The KingdomBranches Of ChristMetaphorical FirstfruitsFirst fruitsTrinity

Or who has first given to God, that God needs to repay him?

Verse ConceptsGiving To GodSettling AccountsGiving Backlent

Also greet the church in their house. Greet my dear friend Epenetus, who was the first convert to Christ in the province of Asia.

Verse ConceptsChristiansChurchHousesProperty, HousesChurch, Description OfConverts To ChristianityPeople ConvertedFirst Among The GentilesGoing To Church

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Commencement (24 instances)
Foremost (17 instances)
Initiative (18 instances)
Leading (178 instances)
Maiden (40 instances)
Offset (3 instances)
Outset (2 instances)
Start (93 instances)

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