James 1:18

Tree of Life Version

By His will, He brought us forth by the word of truth, so that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all He created.

Cross References

Jeremiah 2:3

Israel was kadosh to Adonai, the firstfruits of the harvest. All who devoured him were held guilty. Catastrophe overtook them.” It is a declaration of Adonai.

Leviticus 23:10

“Speak to Bnei-Yisrael and tell them: When you have come into the land which I give to you, and reap its harvest, then you are to bring the omer of the firstfruits of your harvest to the kohen.

Amos 6:1

Oy ! You who are at ease in Zion, trusting in Samaria’s hill! Distinguished ones of the foremost of nations— to whom the house of Israel comes

John 1:13

They were born not of a bloodline, nor of human desire, nor of man’s will, but of God.

Romans 4:17

(as it is written, “I have made you a father of many nations”). He is our father in the sight of God in whom he trusted, who gives life to the dead and calls into existence that which does not exist.

1 Corinthians 4:15

For though you may have ten thousand guardians in Messiah, yet you do not have many fathers. For in Messiah Yeshua, I became your father through the Good News.

2 Corinthians 6:7

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

Ephesians 1:12

so that we, who were first to put our hope in Messiah, might be for His glorious praise.

Ephesians 1:13

After you heard the message of truth—the Good News of your salvation—and when you put your trust in Him, you were sealed with the promised Ruach ha-Kodesh.

2 Timothy 2:15

Make every effort to present yourself before God as tried and true, as an unashamed worker cutting a straight path with the word of truth.

Hebrews 12:23

and to the assembly of the firstborn who are written in a scroll in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous ones made perfect,

James 1:15

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

James 1:21

So put away all moral filth and excess of evil and receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

James 3:14

But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not boast and lie against the truth.

1 Peter 1:23

You have been born again—not from perishable seed but imperishable—through the living and enduring word of God.

1 Peter 1:3

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah! In His great mercy He caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Messiah Yeshua from the dead.

1 John 3:9

No one born of God practices sin, because God’s seed remains in him. He cannot sin, because he is 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. These have been redeemed from among mankind as firstfruits for God and the Lamb.