James 1:18
Because he willed, he gave us birth through the word of truth, so that we should be a kind of first-fruits among his creatures.
Revelation 14:4
These are they who were not defiled with women; for they are celibates. They follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They have been redeemed from among men to be the first-fruits unto God and the Lamb.
Acts 9:4-5
He fell to the ground, and heard a voice which said to him, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?"
Romans 11:16
Now if the first-fruits of the dough Abraham and the Patriarchs are holy, so also is the whole mass their descendants. And if the root of a tree Abraham is holy, so also are the branches his descendants.
Romans 16:5
but by all the churches among the Gentiles. Salute likewise the church that meets in their home. Salute Epaenetus, my dearly beloved, the first man in Roman Asia to believe in Christ.
Ephesians 1:4
Even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world to be holy and without blemish in his sight.
1 Peter 2:9
But you are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a purchased people, that you may show forth the virtues of Him who has called you out of darkness into his marvelous light??10 you who once were not a people, but now are the people of God; who were once without mercy, but now you have found mercy.