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.