For a tent was set up. The outer room (prōtē | πρώτη | nom sg fem), in which were the lampstand and the table and the consecrated bread, was called “the Holy Place.”
In speaking of a new covenant, he makes the first (prōtēn | πρώτην | acc sg fem) one (prōtēn | πρώτην | acc sg fem) obsolete. And what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to disappear.
But for this reason I was shown mercy: so that in me as foremost (prōtō | πρώτῳ | dat sg masc) Christ Jesus might display his complete patience as an illustration for those who were to believe in him for eternal life.
Trustworthy is the saying and worthy of complete acceptance: “Christ Jesus came into the world in order to save sinners,” of whom I am the foremost (prōtos | πρῶτος | nom sg masc).