James 1:18 - The Scriptures 1998

¹⁸ Having purposed it, He brought us forth by the Word of truth, for us to be a kind of first-fruits 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

“Yisra’ĕ

Leviticus 23:10

“Speak to the children of Yisra’ĕ

Amos 6:1

Woe to those at ease in Tsiyon, and those trusting in Mount Shomeron, the distinguished ones among the chief of the nations, to whom the house of Yisra’ĕ

John 1:13

who were born, not of blood nor of the desire of flesh nor of the desire of man, but of Elohim.

Romans 4:17

as it has been written, “I have made you a father of many nations” – in the presence of Him whom he believed, even Elohim, who gives life to the dead and calls that which does not exist as existing,

1 Corinthians 4:15

For if you should have ten thousand instructors in Messiah, yet not many fathers, for in Messiah יהושע  I have brought you forth through the Good News.

2 Corinthians 6:7

in the word of truth, in the power of Elohim, through the weapons of righteousness, on the right and on the left,

Ephesians 1:12

for us to be the praise of His esteem – those having first trusted in Messiah,

Ephesians 1:13

in whom you also, having heard the word of the truth, the Good News of your deliverance, in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Set-apart Spirit of promise,

2 Timothy 2:15

Do your utmost to present yourself approved to Elohim, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly handling the Word of Truth.

Hebrews 12:23

to the entire gathering and assembly of the first-born having been enrolled in heaven, and to Elohim the Judge of all, and to the spirits of righteous men made perfect,

James 1:15

Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin. And sin, when it has been accomplished, brings forth death.

James 1:21

Therefore put away all filthiness and overflow of evil, and receive with meekness the implanted Word,which is able to save your lives.

James 3:14

But if you have bitter jealousy and self-seeking in your hearts, do not boast against and lie against the truth.

1 Peter 1:23

having been born again – not of corruptible seed, but incorruptible – through the living Word of Elohim, which remains forever,

1 Peter 1:3

Blessed be the Elohim and Father of our Master יהושע  Messiah, who according to His great compassion has caused us to be born again to a living expectation through the resurrection of יהושע  Messiah from the dead,

1 John 3:9

Everyone having been born of Elohim does not sin, because His seed stays in him, and he is powerless to sin, because he has been born of Elohim.

Revelation 14:4

They are those who were not defiled with women, for they are maidens. They are those following the Lamb wherever He leads them on. They were redeemed from among men, being first-fruits to Elohim and to the Lamb.