James 1:18
Of his own will he begot us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first-fruits of his creatures.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
19Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.
Cross References
Jeremiah 2:3Israel was a sacred thing to Jehovah, His first ripe fruit. All that devoured him were held guilty; Evil came upon them, saith Jehovah.
John 1:13who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
Romans 4:17(as it is written, “I have made thee a father of many nations”) in the sight of that God whom he believed, who giveth life to the dead, and calleth the things that are not, as though they were.
Romans 9:15For he saith to Moses, “On whom I have mercy, on him will I have mercy; and on whom I have compassion, on him will I have compassion.”
Ephesians 1:12that we should be to the praise of his glory, we who have before placed our hope in the Messiah;
Colossians 1:20having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him, I say, whether the things on earth, or those in 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 →