Seek FIRST the KingDOM!
2/19/2026
Seek FIRST FIRST FIRST the KingDOM.
πρῶτον prōton; neuter of 4413 as adverb (with or without 3588); firstly (in time, place, order, or importance): — before, at the beginning, chiefly (at, at the) first (of all).
AV (61) - first 52, at the first + g3588 2, first of all 2, misc 5;
first in time or place in any succession of things or persons
first in rank influence, honour chief principal
πρῶτος, η, ον
I. adjectivally first of several;
(1) of time;
(a) in comparison of past and present earlier, first, former (RV 2.5);
(b) in antithesis between the beginning and the end first, before anything else (RV 1.17), opposite ἔσχατος (last, final);
(2) of rank and value first (of all), foremost, chief, most important of all;
(a) of things (MT 22.38);
(b) substantivally, of persons οἱ πρῶτοι the leading men, the most important persons (MK 6.21);
(3) of number or sequence first (MT 21.28; HE 10.9);
(4) spatially front; substantivally ἡ πρώτη the outer (tent) (HE 9.2, 6, 8);
II. substantivally, neuter singular πρῶτον as an adverb;
(1) of time at first, to begin with, (for) the first time (RO 1.16); before, earlier (JN 15.18);
(2) of priority or value first of all (MT 5.24); of degree above all, especially, in the first place
“Seek FIRST the KINGDOM.” —Jesus
Not biology, not job, not sports or entertainment or comfort or financial security.
Would everyone you know say that this is you—you clearly absolutely seek FIRST the KINGDOM, for real in your daily life, the time you spend, the things you think about and talk about? “From the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.”
Be there! Or be square. And blue.