Duplicate posts

Hi. I am using the chaotic soul theme. Pls can someone assist me. IMy first post is ‘sticky’. When I add other posts, my first post is duplicated again ! I think it might be a problem with the code found below :

<!– Next few posts –>
<?php while(have_posts()) : the_post(); if(!($first_post == $post->ID)) : ?>

<div class=”post lastfive” id=”post-<?php the_ID(); ?>”>
<h2>” rel=”bookmark” title=”Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>”><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
<span class=”postmetadata”>• <?php comments_popup_link(‘No Comments’, ‘1 Comment’, ‘% Comments’); ?> <?php edit_post_link(‘Edit’, ‘(‘, ‘)’); ?></span>