James 1:18
He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of His creation.
Note Or of His creatures.
Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
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.
Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- his own
- John 1:13; John 3:3–5; Romans 4:17; Romans 8:29–31; Romans 9:15–18; Ephesians 2:4, 5; Colossians 1:20, 21; 2 Thessalonians 2:13, 14; 1 Peter 1:3, 23
- with
- James 1:21; 1 Corinthians 4:15; Ephesians 1:12; 1 Peter 1:23; 1 John 3:9
- kind
- Leviticus 23:10; Jeremiah 2:3; Amos 6:1; Hebrews 12:23; Revelation 14:4