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.
1 Corinthians 15:20-23
But, in truth, Christ has been raised from the dead, the first-fruits of those who are at rest.
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.