First Fruits: Figurative
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Romans 8:23
And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.
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Romans 11:16
For if the first fruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.
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1 Corinthians 15:20,23
But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the first fruits of them that slept.
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James 1:18
Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.
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Whether There was any Reasonable Cause for the Ceremonial ...
... as being the firstlings of clean fruits, were offered ... The figurative reason was that
this foreshadowed the fact ... three states of the Law (the first lasting from ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether there was any reasonable.htm

On Baptism.
... Bridegroom afterwards separates those who have come in to the figurative marriage. ...
went out unto him all Jerusalem [598] , to enjoy the first-fruits of baptisms ...
/.../cyril/lectures of s cyril of jerusalem/lecture iii on baptism.htm

Rom. xvi. 5
... and some by addressing them by name, and some by calling them first-fruits, and
some ... If so meant it might be figurative, but it most likely refers either to an ...
/.../chrysostom/homilies on acts and romans/homily xxxi rom xvi 5.htm

Joy and Faith, the Fruits of Christ's Departure
... JOY AND FAITH, THE FRUITS OF CHRIST'S DEPARTURE. ... First of all, there comes a renewed
utterance of that great ... of what is real and what is figurative in Christ's ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture i/joy and faith the fruits.htm

Of those Things which a Man of God Spake by the Spirit to Eli the ...
... thy sons above me, to bless the first-fruits of every ... immediate father, but that
of Aaron, who first was appointed ... nature not in proper but in figurative words ...
/.../augustine/city of god/chapter 5 of those things which.htm

On the Baptism of Christ.
... For Jordan alone of rivers, receiving in itself the first-fruits of sanctification ...
the clean and fair apparel; teaching us by the figurative illustration that ...
/.../gregory/gregory of nyssa dogmatic treatises etc/on the baptism of christ.htm

After Christ: with Christ
... He recognised and hailed in them the first-fruits of the ... is the great instance, He
illustrates, first, by an ... except in a very secondary and figurative fashion. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture i/after christ with christ.htm

It is a Wretched Slavery which Takes the Figurative Expressions of ...
... In the first place, we must beware of taking a ... For he who follows the letter takes
figurative words as if ... of victims from the flock, and of the fruits of the ...
/.../augustine/on christian doctrine in four books /chapter 5 it is a wretched.htm

The Figurative Language of Scripture.
... him read the fifteenth chapter of the first epistle to ... turned from its literal
signification to a figurative sense. ... Ye shall know them by their fruits: do men ...
/.../barrows/companion to the bible/chapter xxxv the figurative language.htm

The First Epistle General of Peter
... At first sight it seems to mean those Christians ... Dispersion" must be taken in a
figurative sense, meaning ... was foretold by the prophets: the fruits of salvation ...
/.../pullan/the books of the new testament/chapter xxi the first epistle.htm

Resources
What was the first / original church? Is the original / first church the true church? | GotQuestions.org

Why did Paul say the gospel brings salvation to the Jew first and then the Gentile? | GotQuestions.org

Who was the first Jew? | GotQuestions.org

First: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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First

First and Second Books Of Chronicles

First and Second Books Of Kings

First Epistle Of Peter

First Epistle To The Corinthians

First Epistle To The Thessalonians

First Fruits: As a Heave offering

First Fruits: Belonged to the Priests

First Fruits: Figurative

First Fruits: First Ripe of Fruits, Grain, Oil, Wine, and First of Fleece, Required As an offering

First Fruits: Freewill offerings of, Given to the Prophets

First Fruits: Offerings of, Must be Free from Blemish

First Fruits: Presented at the Tabernacle

First Fruits: To be offered As a Thank-Offering Upon Entrance Into the Land of Promise

First Fruits: Wave offering of

First Heaven

First Lady of the Church

First Love

The First Born of Clean Beasts: Antiquity of offering

The First Born of Clean Beasts: Could not be a Free-Will offering

The First Born of Clean Beasts: Flesh of, the Priest's Portion

The First Born of Clean Beasts: Law of Redemption For

The First Born of Clean Beasts: Not Shorn

The First Born of Clean Beasts: Not Taken from the Dam for Seven Days

The First Born of Clean Beasts: Not to Labour

The First Born of Clean Beasts: Offered in Sacrifice

The First Born of Clean Beasts: To be Redeemed

The First Born of Israel: Price of Redemption For

The First Born of Israel: Price of, Given to the Priests

The First Born of Israel: To be Redeemed

The First Born of Israel: Tribe of Levi Taken For

The First Born of Man and Beast Dedicated to God

The First Born of the Donkey to be Redeemed With Lamb or Its Neck Broken

The First Born: Dedicated to Commemorate the Sparing of the First Born of

The First Born: Laws Respecting, Observed at Christ's Birth

The First Born: Laws Respecting, Restored After the Captivity

The First Born: Objects of Special Love

The First Born: Precious and Valuable

The First Born: Privileges of a Double Portion of Inheritance

The First Born: Privileges of Authority Over the Younger Children

The First Born: Privileges of Could be Forfeited by Misconduct

The First Born: Privileges of Could be Sold

The First Born: Privileges of in Case of Death the Next Brother to Raise up Seed To

The First Born: Privileges of not to be Alienated by Parents Through Caprice

The First Born: Privileges of Precedence in the Family

The First Born: Privileges of Special Blessing by the Father

The First Born: Privileges of The Father's Title and Power

The First Born: Superseded: Aaron

The First Born: Superseded: Adonijah

The First Born: Superseded: Cain

The First Born: Superseded: David's Brothers

The First Born: Superseded: Esau

The First Born: Superseded: Ishmael

The First Born: Superseded: Japheth

The First Born: Superseded: Manasseh

The First Born: Superseded: Reuben

The First Born: The Beginning of Strength and Excellency of Power

The First Born: The Dignity of Christ

The First Born: The Dignity of the Church

The First Fruits: Allotted to the Priests

The First Fruits: Church of Christ

The First Fruits: Different Kinds of all Agricultural Produce

The First Fruits: Different Kinds of Barley Harvest

The First Fruits: Different Kinds of Fruit of New Trees in Fourth Year

The First Fruits: Different Kinds of Honey

The First Fruits: Different Kinds of Wheat Harvest

The First Fruits: Different Kinds of Wine and Oil

The First Fruits: Different Kinds of Wool

The First Fruits: First Converts in Any Place

The First Fruits: God Honored by the offering of

The First Fruits: Holy to the Lord

The First Fruits: Law of, Restored After the Captivity

The First Fruits: Offering of, Consecrated the Whole

The First Fruits: Resurrection of Christ

The First Fruits: The Jewish Church

The First Fruits: To be Brought to God's House

The First Fruits: To be offered in a Basket

The First Fruits: To be offered with Thanksgiving

The First Fruits: To be offered without Delay

The First Fruits: To be the Very Best of Their Kind

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