Revelation 14:4

New American Bible - revised edition

These are they who were not defiled with women; they are virgins and these are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They have been ransomed as the firstfruits of the human race for God and the Lamb.

Cross References

Psalm 45:14

All glorious is the king’s daughter as she enters, her raiment threaded with gold;

Psalm 74:2

Remember your people, whom you acquired of old, the tribe you redeemed as your own heritage, Mount Zion where you dwell.

Song of Solomon 1:3

better than the fragrance of your perfumes. Your name is a flowing perfume— therefore young women love you.

Song of Solomon 6:8

Sixty are the queens, eighty the concubines, and young women without number—

Jeremiah 2:3

Israel was dedicated to the Lord, the first fruits of his harvest; All who ate of it were held guilty, evil befell them—oracle of the Lord.

Amos 6:1

Woe to those who are complacent in Zion, secure on the mount of Samaria, Leaders of the first among nations, to whom the people of Israel turn.

Matthew 19:12

Some are incapable of marriage because they were born so; some, because they were made so by others; some, because they have renounced marriage for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. Whoever can accept this ought to accept it.” Blessing of the Children.

Matthew 25:1

“Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.

Matthew 8:19

A scribe approached and said to him, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.”

John 10:27

My sheep hear my voice; I know them, and they follow me.

John 12:26

Whoever serves me must follow me, and where I am, there also will my servant be. The Father will honor whoever serves me.

John 13:37

Peter said to him, “Master, why can’t I follow you now? I will lay down my life for you.”

John 8:12

Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

Acts 20:28

Keep watch over yourselves and over the whole flock of which the holy Spirit has appointed you overseers, in which you tend the church of God that he acquired with his own blood.

1 Corinthians 16:15

I urge you, brothers—you know that the household of Stephanas is the firstfruits of Achaia and that they have devoted themselves to the service of the holy ones—

1 Corinthians 6:20

For you have been purchased at a price. Therefore glorify God in your body.

1 Corinthians 7:28

If you marry, however, you do not sin, nor does an unmarried woman sin if she marries; but such people will experience affliction in their earthly life, and I would like to spare you that.

2 Corinthians 11:2

For I am jealous of you with the jealousy of God, since I betrothed you to one husband to present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.

Ephesians 1:14

which is the first installment of our inheritance toward redemption as God’s possession, to the praise of his glory. The Church as Christ’s Body.

Ephesians 5:27

that he might present to himself the church in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish.

1 Timothy 4:3

They forbid marriage and require abstinence from foods that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

Hebrews 12:23

and the assembly of the firstborn enrolled in heaven, and God the judge of all, and the spirits of the just made perfect,

James 1:18

He willed to give us birth by the word of truth that we may be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures. Doers of the Word.

1 Peter 2:9

But you are “a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own, so that you may announce the praises” of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.

Revelation 17:14

They will fight with the Lamb, but the Lamb will conquer them, for he is Lord of lords and king of kings, and those with him are called, chosen, and faithful.”

Revelation 21:22

I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God almighty and the Lamb.

Revelation 21:23

The city had no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gave it light, and its lamp was the Lamb.

Revelation 3:4

However, you have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their garments; they will walk with me dressed in white, because they are worthy.

Revelation 5:9

They sang a new hymn: “Worthy are you to receive the scroll and to break open its seals, for you were slain and with your blood you purchased for God those from every tribe and tongue, people and nation.