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And I beseech you brethren, (ye know the house of Stephanas, that it is the first fruits of Achaia, and they arranged themselves for service to the holy ones,)

Verse ConceptsGiving, Of OneselfHousesMinistry, Qualifications ForServants, Working Conditions OfUnselfishnessMetaphorical FirstfruitsServing GroupsServiceFirst fruitsBeing Devoted to God

And behold how great this one, to whom also Abraham the patriarch gave the tenth of the first fruits.

Verse ConceptsAbraham, Characteristics OfPatriarchsGreat Individuals

There are they who were not contaminated by women; for they are virgins. These are they following the Lamb wherever he should lead. These were purchased from men, first fruits to God and the Lamb.

Verse ConceptsFollowing Jesus Christdiscipleship, nature ofDefilement, By SinCommitment, to Jesus ChristAsceticism, TypesMarketsCelibacyMetaphorical Firstfruits144,000UniversalismDefilementFirst fruitsSexual PurityThe Rapturerevelationredeemedvirginity

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For the earth bears fruit spontaneously; first the grass, then the ear, then the full wheat in the ear.

Verse ConceptsAgriculture, Used FigurativelyBeing FirstFoliageBearing FruitMaturity