James 1:18 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹⁸ By his own choice, he gave us birth by the word of truth so that we would be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ And it was of His own [free] will that He gave us birth [as sons] by [His] Word of Truth, so that we should be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures [a sample of what He created to be consecrated to Himself].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ He chose to give us birth by his true word, and here is the result: we are like the first crop from the harvest of everything he created.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ For by his own will he produced us through the Word of truth, so that we might be a kind of beginning among his creatures.

James 1:18 Cross References

Jeremiah 2:3

Israel was holy to the  Lord, the firstfruits of his harvest. All who ate of it found themselves guilty; disaster came on them.’ This is the  Lord’s declaration.

Leviticus 23:10

‘Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you enter the land I am giving you and reap its harvest,  you are to bring the first sheaf of your harvest to the priest.

Amos 6:1

Woe to those who are at ease in Zion and to those who feel secure on the hill of Samaria – the notable people in this first of the nations, those the house of Israel comes to.

John 1:13

who were born,  not of natural descent,  or of the will  of the flesh,  or of the will of man,  but of God.

Romans 4:17

As it is written: I have made you the father of many nations  #– #  , in the presence of the God in whom he believed, the one who gives life to the dead  and calls  things into existence that do not exist.

1 Corinthians 4:15

For you may have countless instructors in Christ, but you don’t have many fathers. For I became your father  in Christ Jesus through the gospel.

2 Corinthians 6:7

by the word of truth,  , by the power of God;  through weapons of righteousness for the right hand and the left,

Ephesians 1:12

so that we who had already put our hope  in Christ might bring praise to his glory.

Ephesians 1:13

In him you also were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit  when you heard the word of truth,  the gospel of your salvation, and when you believed.

2 Timothy 2:15

Be diligent to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who doesn’t need to be ashamed, correctly teaching the word of truth.

Hebrews 12:23

to the assembly of the firstborn whose names have been written  in heaven, to a Judge, who is God of all, to the spirits of righteous people made perfect,

James 1:15

Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin, and when sin is fully grown, it gives birth to death.

James 1:21

Therefore, ridding yourselves of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent,  humbly receive the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

James 3:14

But if you have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your heart, don’t boast and deny the truth.

1 Peter 1:23

because you have been born again   #– #not of perishable seed  but of imperishable #– #through the living and enduring word of God.

1 Peter 1:3

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.  Because of his great mercy  he has given us new birth  into a living hope  through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead

1 John 3:9

Everyone who has been born of God  does not sin,  because his seed  remains in him; he is not able to sin,  because he has been born of God.

Revelation 14:4

These are the ones who have not defiled themselves with women, since they remained virgins.  These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They were redeemed  from humanity as the firstfruits  for God and the Lamb.