James 1:18 - Revised Version 1885

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

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)

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

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

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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

For of his own will hath he begotten us by the word of truth, that we might be some beginning of his creatures.

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