James 1:18

He saw fit, and begat us by the word of truth; that we might be the first-fruits of his creatures.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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 and perfect gift cometh down from above, from the Father of lights, with whom is no mutation, not even the shadow of change.

19And be ye, my beloved brethren, every one of you, swift to hear, and slow to speak; and slow to wrath:

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Cross References

John 1:13who are born, not of blood, nor of the pleasure of the flesh, nor of the pleasure of man, but of God.

Romans 4:17as it is written: " I have constituted thee a father to a multitude of nations;" namely before God, in whom thou hast believed; who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which are not, as if they were.

Romans 9:15Behold, to Moses also he said: I will have pity, on whom I will have pity; and I will be merciful, to whom I will be merciful.

Ephesians 1:12that we should be they who first hoped in the Messiah, to the honor of his glory.

Colossians 1:20and by him, to reconcile all things to himself; and through him, he hath pacified, with the blood of his cross, both those on earth and those 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 →

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