James 1:18

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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

Cross References

Jeremiah 2:3

Israel was holy to the Lord, the first fruits of his harvest. All who ate of it became guilty; evil came upon them, says the Lord.”

Leviticus 23:10

“Say to the people of Israel, When you come into the land which I give you and reap its harvest, you shall bring the sheaf of the first fruits 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 mountain of Samaria, the notable men of the first of the nations, to whom the house of Israel come!

John 1:13

who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor 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, who gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist.

1 Corinthians 4:15

For though you have countless guides in Christ, you do not have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel.

2 Corinthians 6:7

truthful speech, and the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and for the left;

Ephesians 1:12

we who first hoped in Christ have been destined and appointed to live for the praise of his glory.

Ephesians 1:13

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

2 Timothy 2:15

Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.

Hebrews 12:23

and to the assembly of the first-born who are enrolled in heaven, and to a judge who is God of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,

James 1:15

Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin; and sin when it is full-grown brings forth death.

James 1:21

Therefore put away all filthiness and rank growth of wickedness and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

James 3:14

But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth.

1 Peter 1:23

You have been born anew, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God;

1 Peter 1:3

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy we have been born anew to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

1 John 3:9

No one born of God commits sin; for God's nature abides in him, and he cannot sin because he is born of God.

Revelation 14:4

It is these who have not defiled themselves with women, for they are chaste; it is these who follow the Lamb wherever he goes; these have been redeemed from mankind as first fruits for God and the Lamb,