James 1:18
Of his owne will begate hee vs with the woorde of trueth, that we shoulde be as the first fruites of his creatures.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
19Wherefore my deare brethren, let euery man be swift to heare, slowe to speake, and slowe to wrath.
Cross References
Jeremiah 2:3Israel was as a thing halowed vnto the Lord, and his first fruits: all they that eat it, shall offend: euil shall come vpon them, saith the Lord.
John 1:13Which are borne not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of ye wil of man, but of God.
Romans 4:17(As it is written, I haue made thee a father of many nations) euen before God whom he beleeued, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those thinges which be not, as though they were.
Romans 9:15For he saith to Moses, I wil haue mercy on him, to whom I wil shew mercie: and wil haue compassion on him, on who I wil haue copassion.
Ephesians 1:12That we, which first trusted in Christ, should be vnto the praise of his glorie:
Colossians 1:20And through peace made by that blood of that his crosse, to reconcile to himselfe through him, through him, I say, all thinges, both which are in earth, and which are in heauen.
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 →