James 1:18
Of his own will he gave birth to us by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.
World English Bible
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In Context
19So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;
Cross References
Jeremiah 2:3Israel was holiness to the LORD, the first fruits of his increase. All who devour him will be held guilty. Evil will come on them,”’ says the LORD.”
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 4:17As it is written, “I have made you a father of many nations.” This is in the presence of him whom he believed: God, who gives life to the dead, and calls the things that are not, as though they were.
Romans 9:15For he said to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”
Ephesians 1:12to the end that we should be to the praise of his glory, we who had before hoped in Christ.
Colossians 1:20and through him to reconcile all things to himself by him, whether things on the earth or things in the heavens, having made peace through the blood of his cross.
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 →