7 Bible Verses about Metaphorical Firstfruits
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But now Christ has been raised from the dead, a first fruit of those that have slept.
But each one in his own order; Christ a first fruit, then those who are Christ's at his coming;
Of his own will begat he us by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruit of his creatures.
These are they who were not defiled with women; for they are virgins; these are those who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were redeemed from men a first fruit to God and the Lamb,
And I exhort you, brothers, know the family of Stephanas, for it is a first fruit of Achaia, and they devoted themselves to serving the saints;
and not only it, but we ourselves also who have the first fruit of the Spirit, even ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our bodies.
And if the first fruit is holy, the mass is also; and if the root is holy, the branches also are.