James 1:18

The Text-Critical English New Testament

Of his own will he gave us birth by the word of truth so that we would be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

Cross References

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

(just as it is written, “I have made yoʋ the father of many nations”). He is our father in the presence of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls into being what does not yet exist.

1 Corinthians 4:15

For even if you had ten thousand guardians in Christ, you would not have many fathers. For in Christ Jesus I became a father to you through the gospel.

2 Corinthians 6:7

in the word of truth, in the power of God; with weapons of righteousness for the right hand and the left,

Ephesians 1:12

so that we who were the first to hope in Christ, might live for the praise of his glory.

Ephesians 1:13

And when you heard the word of the truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in Christ, you were also sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,

2 Timothy 2:15

Be diligent to present yoʋrself to God as a proven worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly teaches the word of truth.

Hebrews 12:23

to the festive gathering and assembly of the firstborn, whose names are enrolled in heaven. You have come to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of righteous people who have been made perfect.

James 1:15

And when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin. And when sin is fully grown, it brings forth death.

James 1:21

Therefore, putting aside all filthiness and rampant wickedness, humbly receive 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 or deny the truth.

1 Peter 1:23

For you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the word of God that lives and abides forever.

1 Peter 1:3

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

1 John 3:9

No one who has been born of God continues in sin, because God's seed abides in him; he cannot continue in sin, because he has been born of God.

Revelation 14:4

These are the ones who have not defiled themselves with women, for they are virgins. These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They have been redeemed by Jesus from among men as firstfruits to God and the Lamb.