• 1 Corinthians 15:20
  But now Christ is risen from the dead, and has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
   
• 1 Corinthians 15:23
  But each one in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, afterward those who are Christ's at His coming.
   

Related Scriptures

• Leviticus 23:10-12
  "Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: 'When you come into the land which I give to you, and reap its harvest, then you shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest to the priest. He shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted on your behalf; on the day after the Sabbath the priest shall wave it. And you shall offer on that day, when you wave the sheaf, a male lamb of the first year, without blemish, as a burnt offering to the LORD.
   
• Romans 8:23
  Not only that, but we also who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our body.