And not only so, but also ourselves who have the first fruit of the Spirit. And we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for adoption, the redemption of our body.

And if the first fruit is holy, the branch is also. And if the root is holy, the branches are also.

Salute Epaenetus my beloved who is the first fruit of Achaia for Christ.

But now Christ has been raised from the dead. He became the first fruit of those who are asleep.

But each in his own order. Christ the first fruit, then those of Christ at his coming.

Now I beseech you, brothers (ye know the house of Stephanas, that it is the first fruit of Achaia, and that they committed themselves to service for the sanctified),

Having deliberated, he begot us by the word of truth for us to be a certain first fruit of his creatures.

These are men who were not defiled with women, for they are virgins. These are those who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were out of men purchased by Jesus, a first fruit to God and to the Lamb.

For the earth bears fruit spontaneously, first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.