preeminence

For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity.

And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.

I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not.

Seek not of the Lord preeminence, neither of the king the seat of honour.

In all thy works keep to thyself the preeminence; leave not a stain in thine honour.

And confirmed him in the high priesthood, and in all the honours that he had before, and gave him preeminence among his chief friends.