7 Bible Verses about Metaphorical Firstfruits

But now, now, Christ is risen from the dead, the first-fruit of those who have fallen asleep.

But each in his own order; Christ the first-fruits, then those who belong to Christ at his appearing.

Because he willed, he gave us birth through the word of truth, so that we should be a kind of first-fruits among his creatures.

These are they who were not defiled with women; for they are celibates. They follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They have been redeemed from among men to be the first-fruits unto God and the Lamb.

I beg you this, my brothers??ou know the household of Stephanus, that they were the first-fruits of Achaia, and that they devoted themselves to the service of the saints??16 so I want you also to show deference to such, and to every fellow worker, and laborer.

And not only that, we ourselves, although we are grasping the first-fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves are inwardly groaning, while we are waiting for adoption, the redemption of our body.

Now if the first-fruits of the dough Abraham and the Patriarchs are holy, so also is the whole mass their descendants. And if the root of a tree Abraham is holy, so also are the branches his descendants.