Psalm 89:27
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27 I will also make him my firstborn,
greatest of the kings of the earth.(A)
Acts 26:23
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23 that the Messiah would suffer, and that, as the first to rise from the dead, he would proclaim light to our people and to the Gentiles.”(A)
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Romans 8:29
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29 For those he foreknew he also predestined(A) to be conformed to the image of his Son,(B) so that he would be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters.(C)
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1 Corinthians 15:20-23
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Christ’s Resurrection Guarantees Ours
20 But as it is, Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits(A) of those who have fallen asleep. 21 For since death(B) came through a man,(C) the resurrection of the dead also comes through a man.(D) 22 For just as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.(E)
23 But each in his own order:(F) Christ, the firstfruits; afterward, at his coming, those who belong to Christ.
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Colossians 1:18
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18 He is also the head of the body, the church;
he is the beginning,(A)
the firstborn from the dead,(B)
so that he might come to have
first place in everything.
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