And not only others, but those also who have the first-fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit the redemption of our body.

Now if the first-fruits be holy, so is the whole heap: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.

and the church in their house. Salute my beloved Epenetus, who is the first-fruits of Achaia unto Christ.

But now Christ is risen from the dead, and is become the first-fruits of them that slept:

But each in their proper order: the first-fruits, Christ; afterwards they that are Christ's, at his coming.

I beseech you, brethren, (for ye know the family of Stephanas, that they are the first-fruits of Achaia, and

who hath of his own will begotten us by the word of truth, that we might be a kind of first-fruits of his creatures.

These are they who were not defiled with women; for they are virgins: these are they who follow the Lamb whithersoever He goeth: these were redeemed from among men, as the first-fruits unto God and the Lamb.

Ye did not first choose me, but I chose you, and have appointed you to go forth, and bear fruit, and that your fruit should be lasting: that whatsoever ye ask the Father in my name, He may give it you.

For the earth produces fruit of itself, first the blade, then the ear, then the full corn in the ear:

every branch in me that beareth not fruit He taketh away, and every one that beareth fruit, He purgeth, that it may bear more fruit.

Either allow the tree to be good, and it's fruit good; or shew the tree to be corrupt, and it's fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by it's fruit.

For that is not a good tree which produceth bad fruit, nor is the tree bad, which produceth good fruit:

and at the fruit-season he sent a servant to the husbandmen that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard; but the husbandmen beat him and sent him away empty.

so every good tree yieldeth good fruit, but a corrupt tree produces bad fruit:

a good tree cannot produce evil fruit, nor can a corrupt tree bear good fruit:

The husbandman must labour first, in order to partake of the fruits.

But the wisdom that is from above first is pure, then peaceable, mild, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy.

And in the midst of the street, and of the river, which ran on each side, was the tree of life, producing fruits twelve times in the year, yielding its different fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.

And when the fruit-season drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, to receive the fruits of it:

Now Jesus being risen early on the first day of the week appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom He had cast out seven devils:

And behold, there are some last who shall be first, and there are first that shall be last.

And he exerciseth all the authority of the first beast in his presence; and makes the earth, and those that dwell in it, to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.

This is the first resurrection. Happy and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on these the second death has no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years.

But many that are first shall be last, and the last first.

Is thine eye evil because I am good? Thus the last shall be first, and the first last; for there are many called, but few chosen.

But many that are first shall be last, and the last first.