1 Corinthians 11:18
11:18 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.
1 Corinthians 12:28
12:28 And God has placed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, gifts of healing, helps, gifts of leadership, different kinds of tongues.
1 Corinthians 15:3
15:3 For I passed on to you as of first importance 1 what I also received – that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures,
1 Corinthians 15:45
15:45 So also it is written, “The first man, Adam, became a living person”; 2 the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
1 tn Grk “among (the) first things.”
2 tn Grk “living soul”; a quotation from Gen 2:7.