7 Bible Verses about Metaphorical Firstfruits

But now, Christ has risen from the dead, the first-fruits of those who slept.

but each in his own order; Christ the first-fruit, afterward, those who are Christ's at his coming.

Of his own will, he begot us with the word of truth, in order that we might be, as it were, the first-fruits of his creatures.

These are they that were not defiled with women; for they are virgins; these are they that follow the Lamb wherever he goes: these were redeemed from among men, the first-fruits to God and to the Lamb.

I beseech you, brethren, (you know the house of Stephanas, that they are the first-fruits of Achaia, and that they have devoted themselves to the ministry of the saints,)

and not only they, but ourselves also, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our body.

Now, if the first fruit is holy, the mass is holy also: and if the root is holy, the branches are holy also.