James 1:18

Weymouth NT

In accordance with His will He made us His children through the Message of the truth, so that we might, in a sense, be the Firstfruits of the things which He has created.

Cross References

John 1:13

who were begotten as such not by human descent, nor through an impulse of their own nature, nor through the will of a human father, but from God.

Romans 4:17

so that the promise should be made sure to all Abraham's true descendants; not merely to those who are righteous through the Law, but to those who are righteous through a faith like that of Abraham. Thus in the sight of God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and makes reference to things that do not exist, as though they did, Abraham is the forefather of all of us. As it is written, »I have appointed you to be the forefather of many nations.«

1 Corinthians 4:15

For even if you were to have ten thousand spiritual instructors–for all that you could not have several fathers. It is I who in Christ Jesus became your father through the Good News.

2 Corinthians 6:7

by the proclamation of the truth, by the power of God; by the weapons of righteousness, wielded in both hands;

Ephesians 1:12

so that we should be devoted to the extolling of His glorious attributes–we who were the first to fix our hopes on Christ.

Ephesians 1:13

And in Him you Gentiles also, after listening to the Message of the truth, the Good News of your salvation –having believed in Him– were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit;

2 Timothy 2:15

Earnestly seek to commend yourself to God as a servant who, because of his straightforward dealing with the word of truth, has no reason to feel any shame.

Hebrews 12:23

to the great festal gathering and Church of the first-born, whose names are recorded in Heaven, and to a Judge who is God of all, and to the spirits of righteous men made perfect,

James 1:15

Then the passion conceives, and becomes the parent of sin; and sin, when fully matured, gives birth to death.

James 1:21

Ridding yourselves, therefore, of all that is vile and of the evil influences which prevail around you, welcome in a humble spirit the Message implanted within you, which is able to save your souls.

James 3:14

But if in your hearts you have bitter feelings of envy and rivalry, do not speak boastfully and falsely, in defiance of the truth.

1 Peter 1:23

For you have been begotten again by God's ever-living and enduring word from a germ not of perishable, but of imperishable life.

1 Peter 1:3

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who in His great mercy has begotten us anew to an ever-living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

1 John 3:9

No one who is a child of God is habitually guilty of sin. A God-given germ of life remains in him, and he cannot habitually sin–because he is a child of God.

Revelation 14:4

These are those who had not defiled themselves with women: they are as pure as virgins. They follow the Lamb wherever He goes. They have been redeemed from among men, as firstfruits to God and to the Lamb.