James 1:18
God chose to give us birth by the word of truth, so that we would be a kind of firstfruits of all the things that he created.
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Jeremiah 2:3Israel was set apart to Yahweh, the firstfruits of his harvest! 1 All who ate from the firstfruits were held guilty; disaster came upon them—this is Yahweh's declaration.'” 1
John 1:13These were not born of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
Romans 4:17as it is written, “I have made you the father of many nations.” Abraham was in the presence of him whom he trusted, that is, God, who gives life to the dead and calls the things that do not exist into existence.
Romans 9:15For he says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.”
Ephesians 1:12God appointed us as heirs so that we might be the first to have a certain hope in Christ, so we would be for the praise of his glory.
Colossians 1:20and to reconcile through the Son all things to himself. God made peace through the blood of his cross. God reconciled all things to himself, whether the things on the earth or the things 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 →