So the last will be first, and the first last.”

This is the first and greatest ¹  commandment.

We love ¹  because he loved us first.

But many who are first will be last, and the last first.

But many who are first will be last, and the last first.”

First the gospel must be preached to all nations.

For Adam was formed first and then Eve.

So even the first covenant was inaugurated with blood. ¹ 

But ¹  indeed, ²  some are last ³  who will be first, and some are first who will be last.”

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.

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

He ¹  answered, “Elijah does indeed come first and will restore all things.

and whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave ¹  –

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

and whoever wants to be first among you must be the slave ¹  of all.

There were seven brothers. The first one married, ¹  and when he died he had no children.

This was the first registration, taken when Quirinius was governor ¹  of Syria.

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

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

Now there were seven brothers. The first one married a woman ¹  and died without children.