Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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
And if
Bible References
If the first-fruit
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.
And if
Romans 11:17
Supposing that some of the branches have been broken off, and you, although you were but a wild olive, have been grafted in among the branches and have become a partaker with them of the fatness of the olive tree, do not glory over the branches;
1 Corinthians 7:14
For the unbelieving husband is consecrated through union with his believing wife; and the unbelieving wife, through union with her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unholy, but now they are consecrated to God.