Romans 11:16

If the first handful of dough is consecrated, so is the whole mass; if the tree's root is consecrated, so are the branches.

Romans 11:17

If some of the branches have been broken off, and yet you, although you were wild olive suckers, have been grafted in among the native branches, and been made to share the rich sap of the native olive's root,

1 Corinthians 7:14

For the unbelieving husband is consecrated by union with his wife and the unbelieving wife by union with her Christian husband, for otherwise your children would be unblessed, but in this way they are consecrated.

James 1:18

In accordance with His will He made us His children by the message of truth, that we might be a kind of first fruits among His creatures.

Revelation 14:4

These are the men who have not been defiled by relations with women, for they are as pure as virgins, These are the men who follow the Lamb wherever He goes. These have been redeemed from among men as the first fruits for God and the Lamb,

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For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.

If the first-fruit

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If the first-fruit

James 1:18
In accordance with His will He made us His children by the message of truth, that we might be a kind of first fruits among His creatures.
Revelation 14:4
These are the men who have not been defiled by relations with women, for they are as pure as virgins, These are the men who follow the Lamb wherever He goes. These have been redeemed from among men as the first fruits for God and the Lamb,

And if

Romans 11:17
If some of the branches have been broken off, and yet you, although you were wild olive suckers, have been grafted in among the native branches, and been made to share the rich sap of the native olive's root,
1 Corinthians 7:14
For the unbelieving husband is consecrated by union with his wife and the unbelieving wife by union with her Christian husband, for otherwise your children would be unblessed, but in this way they are consecrated.