And not only so, but we who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we have sorrow in our minds, waiting for the time when we will take our place as sons, that is, the salvation of our bodies.

And if the first-fruit is holy, so is the mass: and if the root is holy, so are the branches.

And say a kind word to the church which is in their house. Give my love to my dear Epaenetus, who is the first fruit of Asia to Christ.

But now Christ has truly come back from the dead, the first-fruits of those who are sleeping.

But every man in his right order: Christ the first-fruits; then those who are Christ's at his coming.

Now I make my request to you, my brothers, for you have knowledge that the house of Stephanas is the first-fruits of Achaia, and that they have made themselves the servants of the saints,

Which is the first-fruit of our heritage, till God gets back that which is his, to the praise of his glory.

Of his purpose he gave us being, by his true word, so that we might be, in a sense, the first-fruits of all the things which he had made.

These are they who have not made themselves unclean with women; for they are virgins. These are they who go after the Lamb wherever he goes. These were taken from among men to be the first fruits to God and to the Lamb.

The earth gives fruit by herself; first the leaf, then the head, then the full grain.

It is right for the worker in the fields to be the first to take of the fruit.

He takes away every branch in me which has no fruit, and every branch which has fruit he makes clean, so that it may have more fruit.

Make the tree good, and its fruit good; or make the tree bad, and its fruit bad; for by its fruit you will get knowledge of the tree.

And when the time for the fruit came near, he sent his servants to the workmen, to get the fruit.

For no good tree gives bad fruit, and no bad tree gives good fruit.

And he made up this story for them: A certain man had a fig-tree in his garden, and he came to get fruit from it, and there was no fruit.

Even so, every good tree gives good fruit; but the bad tree gives evil fruit.

It is not possible for a good tree to give bad fruit, and a bad tree will not give good fruit.

But I went about, first to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, and through all the country of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, preaching a change of heart, so that they, being turned to God, might give, in their works, the fruits of a changed heart.

In the middle of its street. And on this side of the river and on that was the tree of life, having twelve sorts of fruits, giving its fruit every month; and the leaves of the tree give life to the nations.

But a great number who are first will be last: and those who are last will be first.

Now when he came back from the dead early on the first day of the week, he went first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had sent out seven evil spirits.

So keep in mind where you were at first, and be changed in heart and do the first works; or I will come to you, and will take away your light from its place, if your hearts are not changed.

And he makes use of all the authority of the first beast before his eyes. And he makes the earth and those who are in it give worship to the first beast, whose death-wound was made well.

And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were gone; and there was no more sea.

And the last will be first, and the first will be last.

But a great number who are first will be last, and some who are last will be first.

So the last will be first, and the first last.

So when I have done this, and have given them this fruit of love, I will go on by you into Spain.

Who ever goes to war without looking to someone to be responsible for his payment? who puts in vines and does not take the fruit of them? or who takes care of sheep without drinking of their milk?

They say to him, He will put those cruel men to a cruel death, and will let out the vine-garden to other workmen, who will give him the fruit when it is ready.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, a quiet mind, kind acts, well-doing, faith,

(Because the fruit of the light is in all righteousness and in everything which is good and true),

And have no company with the works of the dark, which give no fruit, but make their true quality clear;

But if I go on living in the flesh--if this is the fruit of my work--then I do not see what decision to make.

Not that I am looking for an offering, but for fruit which may be put to your credit.

And some went among the thorns, and the thorns came up, and it had no room for growth and gave no fruit.

And some, falling on good earth, gave fruit, coming up and increasing, and giving thirty, sixty, and a hundred times as much.

And the cares of this life, and the deceits of wealth, and the desire for other things coming in, put a stop to the growth of the word, and it gives no fruit.

And these are they who were planted on the good earth; such as give ear to the word, and take it into their hearts, and give fruit, thirty and sixty and a hundred times as much.

Which has come to you; and which in all the world is giving fruit and increase, as it has done in you from the day when it came to your ears and you had true knowledge of the grace of God;

Living uprightly in the approval of the Lord, giving fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

And seeing a fig-tree in the distance with leaves, he went to see if by chance it had anything on it: and when he came to it, he saw nothing but leaves, for it was not the time for the fruit.

And he said to it, Let no man take fruit from you for ever. And his disciples took note of his words.

And let our people go on with good works for necessary purposes, so that they may not be without fruit.

At the time all punishment seems to be pain and not joy: but after, those who have been trained by it get from it the peace-giving fruit of righteousness.

Let us then make offerings of praise to God at all times through him, that is to say, the fruit of lips giving witness to his name.

And when the time came, he sent a servant to get from the workmen some of the fruit of the garden.

Truly I say to you, I will take no more of the fruit of the vine till the day when I take it new in the kingdom of God.