James 1:18 - Wesley's New Testament 1755

¹⁸ Of his own will begat he us by the word of truth, that we might 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 Tagairtí Cros

John 1:13

Who were born, not of blood, nor by the will of the flesh, nor by the will of man, but of God.

Romans 4:17

I have made thee a father of many nations) before God in whom he believed, as quickning the dead, and calling the things that are not, as though they were:

1 Corinthians 4:15

For if ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers; for I have begotten you in Christ Jesus through the gospel.

2 Corinthians 6:7

By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right-hand and the left:

Ephesians 1:12

That we who first believed in Christ, might be to the praise of his glory.

Ephesians 1:13

In whom ye likewise believed, after ye had heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom having believed, ye were also sealed by that Holy Spirit of promise,

2 Timothy 2:15

Be diligent to present thyself unto God approved a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

Hebrews 12:23

and to an innumerable company, To the general assembly of angels, and to the church of the first born, who are inrolled in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,

James 1:15

Then desire having conceived, bringeth forth sin; and sin being perfected, bringeth forth death.

James 1:21

Therefore laying aside all the filthiness and superfluity of wickedness, receive with meekness the ingrafted word, which is able to save your souls.

James 3:14

But if ye have bitter zeal and strife in your hearts, do not glory and lie against the truth.

1 Peter 1:23

Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God which liveth and abideth for ever.

1 Peter 1:3

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who, according to his abundant mercy, hath begotten us again to a living hope, by the resurrection of Christ from the dead,

1 John 3:9

Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed abideth in him, and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.

Revelation 14:4

These are they who had not been defiled with women; for they are virgins: these are they who follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were bought from among men: first-fruits to God and the Lamb.