James 1:18
For by his own will he produced us through the Word of truth, so that we might be a kind of beginning among his creatures.
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Jeremiah 2:3Israel is holy to the Lord, the first of his fruits. All those who devour him commit an offense. Evils will overwhelm them, says the Lord.”
John 1:13These are born, not of blood, nor of the will of flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
Romans 4:17in whom he believed, who revives the dead and who calls those things that do not exist into existence. For it is written: “I have established you as the father of many nations.”
Romans 9:15For to Moses he says: “I will pity whomever I pity. And I will offer mercy to whomever I will pity.”
Ephesians 1:12So may we be, to the praise of his glory, we who have hoped beforehand in Christ.
Colossians 1:20and that, through him, all things be reconciled to himself, making peace through the blood of his cross, for the things that are on earth, as well as the things that are in heaven.
Matthew Henry on James 1:14-19
Procedure and Results of Sin. ( a. d. 61.) 13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: 14 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. 15 Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death. 16 Do not err, my beloved brethren. 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no… Read the whole commentary →