Romans 8:23
And not Nature only; but we ourselves also, though we have already a first gift of the Spirit-we ourselves are inwardly groaning, while we eagerly await our full adoption as Sons-the redemption of our bodies.
Romans 11:16
If the first handful of dough in holy, so is the whole mass; and if the root is holy, so are the branches.
Romans 16:5
Give my greeting, also, to the Church that meets at their house, as well as to my dear friend Epaenetus, one of the first in Roman Asia to believe in Christ;
1 Corinthians 15:20
But, in truth, Christ has been raised from the dead, the first-fruits of those who are at rest.
1 Corinthians 15:23
But each in his proper order-Christ the first-fruits; afterwards, at his Coming, those who belong to the Christ.
1 Corinthians 16:2
On the first day of every week each of you should put by what he can afford, so that no collections need be made after I have come.
James 1:18
Because he so willed, he gave us Life, through the Message of the Truth, so that we should be, as it were, an earnest of still further creations.
Revelation 14:4
These are the men who never defiled themselves in their intercourse with women; they are as pure as virgins. These are the men who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They were redeemed as the first-fruits of mankind for God and for the Lamb.