And not only that, but even we ourselves, who have the first-fruits of the Spirit, we also ourselves groan in ourselves, awaiting adoption, that is the redemption of our body.

and the assembly at their house. Salute Epaenetus, my beloved, who is the first-fruits of Asia for Christ.

(But now Christ is raised from among the dead, first-fruits of those fallen asleep.

But each in his own rank: the first-fruits, Christ; then those that are the Christ's at his coming.

But I beseech you, brethren, (ye know the house of Stephanas, that it is the first-fruits of Achaia, and they have devoted themselves to the saints for service,)

According to his own will begat he us by the word of truth, that we should be a certain first-fruits of his creatures.

These are they who have not been defiled with women, for they are virgins: these are they who follow the Lamb wheresoever it goes. These have been bought from men as first-fruits to God and to the Lamb:

Now if the first-fruit be holy, the lump also; and if the root be holy, the branches also.

But the wisdom from above first is pure, then peaceful, gentle, yielding, full of mercy and good fruits, unquestioning, unfeigned.

So every good tree produces good fruits, but the worthless tree produces bad fruits.

A good tree cannot produce bad fruits, nor a worthless tree produce good fruits.

But when the time of fruit drew near, he sent his bondmen to the husbandmen to receive his fruits.

In the midst of its street, and of the river, on this side and on that side, the tree of life, producing twelve fruits, in each month yielding its fruit; and the leaves of the tree for healing of the nations.

By their fruits ye shall know them. Do men gather a bunch of grapes from thorns, or from thistles figs?

By their fruits then surely ye shall know them.

They say to him, He will miserably destroy those evil men, and let out the vineyard to other husbandmen, who shall render him the fruits in their seasons.

Therefore I say to you, that the kingdom of God shall be taken from you and shall be given to a nation producing the fruits of it.

Produce therefore fruits worthy of repentance; and begin not to say in yourselves, We have Abraham for our father, for I say unto you that God is able of these stones to raise up children to Abraham.

And he reasoned within himself saying, What shall I do? for I have not a place where I shall lay up my fruits.

Now he that supplies seed to the sower and bread for eating shall supply and make abundant your sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness:

The husbandman must labour before partaking of the fruits.

And the ripe fruits which were the lust of thy soul have departed from thee, and all fair and splendid things have perished from thee, and they shall not find them any more at all.

The earth bears fruit of itself, first the blade, then an ear, then full corn in the ear.

But many first shall be last, and last first.

Thus shall the last be first, and the first last; for many are called ones, but few chosen ones.

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

and first seats in the synagogues, and first places at suppers;

Now when he had risen very early, the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary of Magdala, out of whom he had cast seven demons.

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

Beware of the scribes, who like to walk about in long robes, and who love salutations in the market-places, and first seats in the synagogues, and first places at suppers;

and it exercises all the authority of the first beast before it, and causes the earth and those that dwell in it to do homage to the first beast, whose wound of death was healed.

And I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea exists no more.