'Formerly' in the Bible

They *brought to the Pharisees the man who was formerly blind.

Now there was a man named Simon, who formerly was practicing magic in the city and astonishing the people of Samaria, claiming to be someone great;

in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience.

Among them we too all formerly lived in the lusts of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest.

Therefore remember that formerly you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called “Uncircumcision” by the so-called “Circumcision,” which is performed in the flesh by human hands—

But now in Christ Jesus you who formerly were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.

for you were formerly darkness, but now you are Light in the Lord; walk as children of Light

And although you were formerly alienated and hostile in mind, engaged in evil deeds,

even though I was formerly a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent aggressor. Yet I was shown mercy because I acted ignorantly in unbelief;

who formerly was useless to you, but now is useful both to you and to me.

Therefore, since it remains for some to enter it, and those who formerly had good news preached to them failed to enter because of disobedience,