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first

Concordance for “first”

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First occurrence: Genesis 1:5

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1 Corinthians 15:3
For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Corinthians 15:3 · retained source text

For I deliuered vnto you first of all, that which I also receiued, how that Christ died for our sinnes according to the Scriptures:

1 Corinthians 15:46
Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Corinthians 15:46 · retained source text

Howbeit that was not first which is spirituall: but that which is naturall, and afterward that which is spirituall.

1 Corinthians 16:2
Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Corinthians 16:2 · retained source text

Upon the first day of the weeke, let euery one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.

2 Corinthians 8:5
And this they did, not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Corinthians 8:5 · retained source text

And this they did, not as we hoped, but first gaue their owne selues to the Lord, and vnto vs, by the will of God.

2 Corinthians 8:12
For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Corinthians 8:12 · retained source text

For if there bee first a willing minde, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.

Ephesians 1:12
That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ephesians 1:12 · retained source text

That we should be to the praise of his glorie, who first trusted in Christ.

1611 marginal noteOr, hoped.

Ephesians 4:9
(Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ephesians 4:9 · retained source text

(Now that he ascended, what is it but that hee also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?

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Before anything else in time, proceeding, place, or progression.

volume 1, leaf 764, column 2 (main_dictionary)