James 1:18

Of his awne will begat he vs with the worde of lyfe that we shuld be the fyrst frutes of his creatures.

Tyndale New Testament

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 gyfte and every parfayt gyft is from above and commeth doune from the father of light with whom is no variablenes nether is he chaunged vnto darcknes.

19Wherfore deare brethren let every man be swyfte to heare slowe to speake and slowe to wrath.

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Cross References

John 1:13which were borne not of bloude nor of the will of the flesshe nor yet of the will of man: but of God.

Romans 4:17As it is wrytten: I have made the a father to many nacions even before god whom thou hast beleved which quyckeneth the deed and called those thinges which be not as though they were.

Romans 9:15For he sayth to Moses: I will shewe mercye to who I shewe mercy: and will have compassion on whom I have compassion.

Ephesians 1:12that we which before beleved in Christ shuld be vnto the prayse of his glory.

Colossians 1:20and by him to reconcile all thynge vnto him silfe and to set at peace by him thorow the bloud of his crosse both thynges in heven and thynges in erth.

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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