12 “All the best* of the oil and all the best of the new wine and the grain, their firstfruits,+ which they will give to Jehovah, I have given them to you.+

23 Not only that, but we ourselves also who have the firstfruits,+ namely, the spirit, yes, we ourselves groan+ within ourselves, while we are earnestly waiting for adoption as sons,*+ the release from our bodies by ransom.

23 But each one in his own rank: Christ the firstfruits,+ afterward those who belong to the Christ during his presence.*+

18 Because he willed+ it, he brought us forth by the word of truth,+ for us to be certain firstfruits+ of his creatures.

4 These are the ones that did not defile themselves with women;+ in fact, they are virgins.+ These are the ones that keep following the Lamb no matter where he goes.+ These were bought+ from among mankind as firstfruits+ to God and to the Lamb,