Colossians 1:18

And He is the ^ahead of ^bthe body, the church;

Who is ^cthe beginning, ^dthe firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will come to have first place in everything.

Revelation 1:5

5 and from Jesus Christ, ^athe faithful witness, the ^bfirstborn of the dead, and the ^cruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who ^dloves us and released us from our sins ¹by His blood—