Though, caeteris paribus, the duties of the first table are to be preferred before those of the second, yet the greater duties of the second table must be preferred before the lesser duties of the first.
An old friend, caeteris paribus, is to be preferred before a new one, and is not to be cast off without desert and necessity.
When a lesser good is preferred before a greater, it is a sin, and the common way of sinning.
The most public works must be preferred before private.
And, caeteris paribus, a good man must be preferred before a bad.
This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me; for he was before me.
He it is, who coming after me, is preferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose.
This is he of whom I said: After me there cometh a man, who is preferred before me: because he was before me.
John beareth witness of him and crieth out, saying: This was he of whom I spoke: He that shall come after me is preferred before me: because he was before me.
Corinthians Chapter 14 The gift of prophesying is to bepreferred before that of speaking strange tongues.
The same is he that shall come after me, who is preferred before me: the latchet of whose shoe I am not worthy to loose.
John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.
This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.
But though the sentence formed no part of that discourse, it is immediately joined to the words which have recurred so often: 'This is He of whom I said, After me cometh a Man which is preferred before me; for He was before me.
The old sentence recurs again, but with a variation: 'This is He of whom I said, After me cometh a MAN which is preferred before me; for He was before me.
He it is, who, coming after me, is preferred before me and whose foot straps I am not worthy to unloose.
This is He of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me because He was before me.
He that cometh after me is preferred before me because He was before me.
Give place to others, and in honour prefer others, and seek not to be preferred before them, Rom.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "preferred before" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.