Romans 11:16

Now if the first-fruits be holy, so is the whole heap: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.

Romans 11:17

But if some of the branches were broken off, and thou a wild-olive wert grafted in among them, and art made a partaker together with them of the root and fatness of the olive; boast not against the branches:

1 Corinthians 7:14

For the unbelieving husband is sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified in the husband: else were your children unclean; but they are holy.

James 1:18

who hath of his own will begotten us by the word of truth, that we might be a kind of first-fruits of his creatures.

Revelation 14:4

These are they who were not defiled with women; for they are virgins: these are they who follow the Lamb whithersoever He goeth: these were redeemed from among men, as the first-fruits unto God and the Lamb.

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For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.

If the first-fruit

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If the first-fruit

James 1:18
who hath of his own will begotten us by the word of truth, that we might be a kind of first-fruits of his creatures.
Revelation 14:4
These are they who were not defiled with women; for they are virgins: these are they who follow the Lamb whithersoever He goeth: these were redeemed from among men, as the first-fruits unto God and the Lamb.

And if

Romans 11:17
But if some of the branches were broken off, and thou a wild-olive wert grafted in among them, and art made a partaker together with them of the root and fatness of the olive; boast not against the branches:
1 Corinthians 7:14
For the unbelieving husband is sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified in the husband: else were your children unclean; but they are holy.