Bible Verses about 'First'

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• We love each other because he loved us first.
  1 John 4:19loveGod
• But many who are the greatest now will be least important then, and those who seem least important now will be the greatest then.
  Matthew 19:30reward
• When God raised up his servant, Jesus, he sent him first to you people of Israel, to bless you by turning each of you back from your sinful ways.
  Acts 3:26resurrectionJesusblessing
• He sat down, called the twelve disciples over to him, and said, “Whoever wants to be first must take last place and be the servant of everyone else.”
  Mark 9:35humilityJesusunderstanding
• Who has done such mighty deeds,
  summoning each new generation from the beginning of time?
  It is I, the Lord, the First and the Last.
  I alone am he.
  Isaiah 41:4Godstrength
• But don’t begin until you count the cost. For who would begin construction of a building without first calculating the cost to see if there is enough money to finish it?
  Luke 14:28debtplanningmoney
• If the world hates you, remember that it hated me first.
  John 15:18persecutionJesusworld
• For I am not ashamed of this Good News about Christ. It is the power of God at work, saving everyone who believes—the Jew first and also the Gentile.
  Romans 1:16faithevangelismsalvation
• But the wisdom from above is first of all pure. It is also peace loving, gentle at all times, and willing to yield to others. It is full of mercy and the fruit of good deeds. It shows no favoritism and is always sincere.
  James 3:17honestypeacewisdom
• Then the disciple who had reached the tomb first also went in, and he saw and believed— for until then they still hadn’t understood the Scriptures that said Jesus must rise from the dead.
  John 20:8-9miracleseasterresurrection
• But among you it will be different. Whoever wants to be a leader among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first among you must become your slave.
  Matthew 20:26-27humilityservingneighbor
• Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need.
  Matthew 6:33righteousnessfoodkingdom
• Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection. For them the second death holds no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with him a thousand years.
  Revelation 20:6resurrectiondeathkingdom
• That is why he is the one who mediates a new covenant between God and people, so that all who are called can receive the eternal inheritance God has promised them. For Christ died to set them free from the penalty of the sins they had committed under that first covenant.
  Hebrews 9:15lawSaviormediator
• For if we are faithful to the end, trusting God just as firmly as when we first believed, we will share in all that belongs to Christ.
  Hebrews 3:14faithtrustlife
• But God has protected me right up to this present time so I can testify to everyone, from the least to the greatest. I teach nothing except what the prophets and Moses said would happen— that the Messiah would suffer and be the first to rise from the dead, and in this way announce God’s light to Jews and Gentiles alike.
  Acts 26:22-23evangelismsufferingresurrection
• For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a commanding shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet call of God. First, the believers who have died will rise from their graves. Then, together with them, we who are still alive and remain on the earth will be caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. Then we will be with the Lord forever.
  1 Thessalonians 4:16-17salvationdeathheaven
• Christ is also the head of the church,
  which is his body.
  He is the beginning,
  supreme over all who rise from the dead.
  So he is first in everything.
  Colossians 1:18churchJesusresurrection
• First, help me never to tell a lie.
  Second, give me neither poverty nor riches!
  Give me just enough to satisfy my needs.
  Proverbs 30:8materialismfoodmoney
• I passed on to you what was most important and what had also been passed on to me. Christ died for our sins, just as the Scriptures said. He was buried, and he was raised from the dead on the third day, just as the Scriptures said.
  1 Corinthians 15:3-4sinsacrificeJesus
• But when you are praying, first forgive anyone you are holding a grudge against, so that your Father in heaven will forgive your sins, too.
  Mark 11:25prayerforgivenessFather
• Honor the Lord with your wealth
  and with the best part of everything you produce.
  Proverbs 3:9moneysacrificegiving
• But who am I, and who are my people, that we could give anything to you? Everything we have has come from you, and we give you only what you first gave us!
  1 Chronicles 29:14moneygivingdependence
• And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, and all your strength.
  Mark 12:30loveGodstrength
• But God had mercy on me so that Christ Jesus could use me as a prime example of his great patience with even the worst sinners. Then others will realize that they, too, can believe in him and receive eternal life.
  1 Timothy 1:16eternal lifeJesuspatience