First the gospel must be preached to all nations.

Whenever ¹  you enter a house, ²  first say, ‘May peace ³  be on this house!’

The ¹  Pharisee was astonished when he saw that Jesus ²  did not first wash his hands ³  before the meal.

But first he must ¹  suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.

So when Jacob heard that there was grain ¹  in Egypt, he sent our ancestors ²  there ³  the first time.

Actually, there are many advantages. ¹  First of all, ²  the Jews ³  were entrusted with the oracles of God. ⁴ 

However, the spiritual did not come first, but the natural, and then the spiritual.

First of all, then, I urge that requests, ¹  prayers, intercessions, and thanks be offered on behalf of all people, ² 

And these also must be tested first and then let them serve as deacons if they are found blameless.

The farmer who works hard ought to have the first share of the crops.

Above all, you do well if you recognize ¹  this: ²  No prophecy of scripture ever comes about by the prophet’s own imagination, ³ 

But above all pursue his kingdom ¹  and righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

Another ¹  of the ²  disciples said to him, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.”

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

Then ¹  they asked him, ²  “Why do the experts in the law ³  say that Elijah must come first?”

¹ [[Early on the first day of the week, after he arose, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had driven out seven demons.

“If the world hates you, be aware ¹  that it hated me first. ² 

They ¹  brought him first to Annas, for he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high priest that year. ² 

I wrote ¹  the former ²  account, ³  Theophilus, ⁴  about all that Jesus began to do and teach

Simeon ¹  has explained ²  how God first concerned himself ³  to select ⁴  from among the Gentiles ⁵  a people for his name.