proton marks the priority of learning to care for one’s own household before repaying parents.

The attested use marks priority: household members are to learn piety toward their own household and repay their parents as a prior matter in 1 Timothy 5:4.

1. Marking prior responsibility · dominant

   In 1 Timothy 5:4, the adverb πρῶτον modifies the instruction that children or descendants learn to show piety toward their own household and repay their parents. The APB renders the clause, "let them first learn to show piety toward their own household and to repay their parents," presenting these duties as prior in the instruction.

   1 Timothy 5:4

In the Anselm Project Bible: In 1 Timothy 5:4, the APB presents the priority with "first" in the instruction to learn piety toward one’s household and repay parents.