KJV ORIGINAL
For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
Here's how it works: if the first part is set apart for God, then the whole thing is too. It's like how if the roots of a tree are healthy and good, then all the branches growing from it will be healthy and good too.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
When the foundation is blessed, everything that grows from it carries that blessing forward.
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