διήλθομεν διὰ πυρὸς καὶ ὕδατος → we went through fire and water, we have gone through fire and water
πρῶτον, πρῶτος, v.s. πρότερος
neuter of πρῶτος as adverb (with or without ὁ); firstly (in time, place, order, or importance): before, at the beginning, chiefly (at, at the) first (of all).