Bible Verses about 'First'

But many who are first will be last, and many who are… Matthew 19:30

But many who are first will be last, and many who are last will be first.
Matthew 19:30 reward
We love because He first loved us.
1 John 4:19 love God

When God raised up his servant, he sent him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways.
Acts 3:26 resurrection Jesus blessing
Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, “Anyone who wants to be first must be the very last, and the servant of all.”
Mark 9:35 humility Jesus understanding
But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
Matthew 6:33 righteousness food kingdom
Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Won’t you first sit down and estimate the cost to see if you have enough money to complete it?
Luke 14:28 debt planning money
Who has done this and carried it through,
calling forth the generations from the beginning?
I, the Lord—with the first of them
and with the last—I am he.
Isaiah 41:4 God strength
For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile.
Romans 1:16 faith evangelism salvation
If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first.
John 15:18 persecution Jesus world
But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere.
James 3:17 honesty peace wisdom
Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be your slave.
Matthew 20:26-27 humility serving neighbor
Finally the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went inside. He saw and believed. (They still did not understand from Scripture that Jesus had to rise from the dead.)
John 20:8-9 miracles easter resurrection
Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection. The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with him for a thousand years.
Revelation 20:6 resurrection death kingdom
For this reason Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance—now that he has died as a ransom to set them free from the sins committed under the first covenant.
Hebrews 9:15 law Savior mediator
For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures.
1 Corinthians 15:3-4 sin sacrifice Jesus
But God has helped me to this very day; so I stand here and testify to small and great alike. I am saying nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would happen— that the Messiah would suffer and, as the first to rise from the dead, would bring the message of light to his own people and to the Gentiles.
Acts 26:22-23 evangelism suffering resurrection
For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever.
1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 salvation death heaven
Honor the Lord with your wealth,
with the firstfruits of all your crops.
Proverbs 3:9 money sacrifice giving
For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed—a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”
Romans 1:17 faith righteousness salvation
Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.
Mark 12:30 love God strength
We have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold our original conviction firmly to the very end.
Hebrews 3:14 faith trust life
But for that very reason I was shown mercy so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display his immense patience as an example for those who would believe in him and receive eternal life.
1 Timothy 1:16 eternal life Jesus patience
Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the man doomed to destruction. He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up in God’s temple, proclaiming himself to be God.
2 Thessalonians 2:3-4 end times second coming idols
He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.
James 1:18 creation truth life
For if the willingness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what one does not have.
2 Corinthians 8:12 encouragement giving generosity

And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy.