Bible Verses about 'First'

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

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

God, having raised up his servant Jesus, sent him to you first to bless you, in turning away every one of you from your wickedness.
Acts 3:26 resurrection Jesus blessing
He sat down and called the twelve; and he said to them, “If any man wants to be first, he shall be last of all, and servant of all.”
Mark 9:35 humility Jesus understanding
Who has worked and done it,
calling the generations from the beginning?
I, Yahweh, the first, and with the last, I am he.
Isaiah 41:4 God strength
But seek first God’s Kingdom and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.
Matthew 6:33 righteousness food kingdom
For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doesn’t first sit down and count the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it?
Luke 14:28 debt planning money
For I am not ashamed of the Good News of Christ, because it is the power of God for salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first, and also for the Greek.
Romans 1:16 faith evangelism salvation
But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
James 3:17 honesty peace wisdom
So then the other disciple who came first to the tomb also entered in, and he saw and believed. For as yet they didn’t know the Scripture, that he must rise from the dead.
John 20:8-9 miracles easter resurrection
It shall not be so among you; but whoever desires to become great among you shall be your servant. Whoever desires to be first among you shall be your bondservant.
Matthew 20:26-27 humility serving neighbor
Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over these, the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and will reign with him one thousand years.
Revelation 20:6 resurrection death kingdom
Honor Yahweh with your substance,
with the first fruits of all your increase.
Proverbs 3:9 money sacrifice giving
For this reason he is the mediator of a new covenant, since a death has occurred for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first covenant, that those who have been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.
Hebrews 9:15 law Savior mediator
For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: 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
Of his own will he gave birth to us by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.
James 1:18 creation truth life
‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment.
Mark 12:30 love God strength
Having therefore obtained the help that is from God, I stand to this day testifying both to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses said would happen, how the Christ must suffer, and how, by the resurrection of the dead, he would be first to proclaim light both to these people and to the Gentiles.
Acts 26:22-23 evangelism suffering resurrection
For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with God’s trumpet. The dead in Christ will rise first, then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. So we will be with the Lord forever.
1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 salvation death heaven
If the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it hated you.
John 15:18 persecution Jesus world
However, for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first, Jesus Christ might display all his patience for an example of those who were going to believe in him for eternal life.
1 Timothy 1:16 eternal life Jesus patience
Let no one deceive you in any way. For it will not be unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of destruction. He opposes and exalts himself against all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, setting himself up as God.
2 Thessalonians 2:3-4 end times second coming idols
For we have become partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence firm to the end.
Hebrews 3:14 faith trust life
For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according to what you have, not according to what you don’t have.
2 Corinthians 8:12 encouragement giving generosity
He is the head of the body, the assembly, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things he might have the preeminence.
Colossians 1:18 church Jesus resurrection

I heard a loud voice out of heaven saying, “Behold, God’s dwelling is with people; and he will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain any more. The first things have passed away.”