¹⁸ And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.

²⁷ Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.

²³ That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should shew light unto the people, and to the Gentiles.

²⁰ But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.