first fruits

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Even as the Father had loved Him, He also had loved them, the firstfruits of the travail of His soul.

From The Gospel According to St. Mark by Chadwick, G. A.

Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

From The Bible Story by Hall, Newton Marshall

It is passing strange that He should love us so much, and wish to unveil Himself to us, 'that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures.'

From Letters to His Friends by Robinson, Forbes

The sea gives her shells to the shingle, The earth gives her streams to the sea: They are many, but my gift is single, My verses, the firstfruits of me.

From Poems & Ballads (First Series) by Swinburne, Algernon Charles

And they shall not sell of it, neither exchange, nor alienate the firstfruits of the land: for it is holy unto the Lord.

From The Prophet Ezekiel An Analytical Exposition by Gaebelein, Arno C.