Romans 11:16

If the first handful of dough is consecrated, the whole mass is, and if the root of a tree is consecrated, so are its branches.

Romans 11:17

If some of the branches have been broken off, and you who were only a wild olive shoot have been grafted in, in place of them, and made to share the richness of the olive's root,

1 Corinthians 7:14

For the husband who is not a believer is consecrated through union with his wife, and the woman who is not a believer is consecrated through union with her Christian husband, for otherwise your children would be unblessed, but, as it is, they are consecrated.

James 1:18

Of his own accord he brought us into being through the message of truth, so that we might be a kind of first-fruits among his creatures.

Revelation 14:4

They are the men who have not been defiled by relations with women; they are celibates. It is they who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They have been ransomed 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
Of his own accord he brought us into being through the message of truth, so that we might be a kind of first-fruits among his creatures.
Revelation 14:4
They are the men who have not been defiled by relations with women; they are celibates. It is they who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They have been ransomed 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 you who were only a wild olive shoot have been grafted in, in place of them, and made to share the richness of the olive's root,
1 Corinthians 7:14
For the husband who is not a believer is consecrated through union with his wife, and the woman who is not a believer is consecrated through union with her Christian husband, for otherwise your children would be unblessed, but, as it is, they are consecrated.