James 1:18
[By his] will he gave birth to us through the message of truth, so that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.
1 Peter 1:23
[because you] have been born again, not from perishable seed but imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.
John 1:13
who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of a husband, but of God.
Revelation 14:4
These are those who have not been defiled with women, for they are virgins. These [are] the ones who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were bought from humanity [as] first fruits to God and to the Lamb,
Jeremiah 2:3
Israel [was] holy to Yahweh, the first fruit of his produce. All [those who] ate it were held guilty; disaster came to them," {declares} Yahweh.'"
Ephesians 1:12
[that] we who hoped beforehand in Christ should be for the praise of his glory,
1 Peter 1:3
Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
Leviticus 23:10
"Speak to the {Israelites}, and say to them, 'When you come to the land that I [am about] to give to you and you reap its harvest, then you shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruit of your harvest to the priest.
Amos 6:1
Alas [for] those being at ease in Zion, and those who feel secure on Mount Samaria, the notables of the best of the nations! The house of Israel resorts to them.
John 3:3-5
Jesus answered and said to him, "Truly, truly I say to you, unless someone is born from above, he is not able to see the kingdom of God."
Romans 4:17
(just as it is written, "I have made you the father of many nations") before God, in whom he believed, the one who makes the dead alive and who calls the things that are not as [though] they are,
Romans 8:29-31
because [those] whom he foreknew, he also predestined [to be] conformed to the image of his Son, so that he should be the firstborn among many brothers.
Romans 9:15-18
For to Moses he says, "I will have mercy on whomever I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whomever I have compassion."
1 Corinthians 4:15
For if you have ten thousand guardians in Christ, yet [you do] not [have] many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I fathered you through the gospel.
Ephesians 2:4-5
But God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love [with] which he loved us,
Colossians 1:20-21
and through him to reconcile all [things] to himself, [by] making peace through the blood of his cross, through him, whether things on earth or things in heaven.
2 Thessalonians 2:13-14
But we ought to give thanks to God always concerning you, brothers [dearly] loved by the Lord, because God has chosen you [as] first fruits for salvation by the sanctification of the Spirit and faith in the truth,
Hebrews 12:23
and assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God the judge of all, and to the spirits of righteous [people] made perfect,
James 1:21
Therefore, putting aside all moral uncleanness and wicked excess, welcome with humility the implanted message which is able to save your souls.
1 John 3:9
Everyone who is fathered by God does not practice sin, because his seed resides in him, and [he is] not able to sin, because he has been fathered by God.