8 Bible Verses about Metaphorical Firstfruits

Israel was dedicated (consecrated) to Jehovah. It was the best part of the harvest. All who consumed it became guilty, and disaster struck them,' says Jehovah.

Christ has risen from the dead, and has become the first fruits of those who slept [in death].

Everyone will be raised to life in the right order: Christ the first fruits and afterward those who belong to Christ at the time of his coming.

Using his own will, he gave us birth through the word of truth. This way we would be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.

These are they who were not defiled with women. They are virgins. These are they who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were redeemed (bought) from among mankind. They are the first fruits to God and to the Lamb.

I exhort you, brothers, you know the house of Stephanas, that it is the first fruits of Achaia, and that they have devoted themselves to the ministry of the holy ones.

We also, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption and the release from our bodies by ransom.

If the first piece is holy, the lump is also holy. If the root is holy, so are the branches.