James 1:18

Having willed it, He brought us forth by a word of truth, so that we might be a sort of firstfruits of His products.

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In The King James Version

Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

In Context

17every good giving and every perfect gift is from Above, coming down from the Father of the lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.

19So then, my beloved brothers, let every man be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger;

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Cross References

John 1:13who were begotten, not by blood, nor by the desire of the flesh, nor by the will of a man, but by God.

Romans 4:17just as it is written: “I have made you a father of many ethnic nations” —in the presence of Him whom he believed: God, who gives life to the dead and calls the nonexistent things as though they did exist.

Romans 9:15For He says to Moses: “I will have mercy on whomever I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whomever I have compassion.”

Ephesians 1:12so that we should be to the praise of His glory, we who first trusted in the Christ;

Colossians 1:20and through Him to reconcile all things to Himself, having made peace through the blood of His cross —through Him, whether things on the earth or things on the heavens.

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 →

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