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James 1:18

Context
NET ©

By his sovereign plan he gave us birth 1  through the message of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.

NIV ©

He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.

NASB ©

In the exercise of His will He brought us forth by the word of truth, so that we would be a kind of first fruits among His creatures.

NLT ©

In his goodness he chose to make us his own children by giving us his true word. And we, out of all creation, became his choice possession.

MSG ©

He brought us to life using the true Word, showing us off as the crown of all his creatures.

BBE ©

Of his purpose he gave us being, by his true word, so that we might be, in a sense, the first-fruits of all the things which he had made.

NRSV ©

In fulfillment of his own purpose he gave us birth by the word of truth, so that we would become a kind of first fruits of his creatures.

NKJV ©

Of His own will He brought us forth by the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures.


KJV
Of his own will
<1014> (5679)
begat he
<616> (5656)
us
<2248>
with the word
<3056>
of truth
<225>_,
that
<1519>
we
<2248>
should be
<1511> (5750)
a kind
<5100>
of firstfruits
<536>
of his
<846>
creatures
<2938>_.
NASB ©
In the exercise of His will
<1014>
He brought
<616>
us forth
<616>
by the word
<3056>
of truth
<225>
, so
<1519>
that we would be a kind
<5100>
of first
<536>
fruits
<536>
among His creatures
<2938>
.
GREEK
boulhyeiv
<1014> (5679)
V-AOP-NSM
apekuhsen
<616> (5656)
V-AAI-3S
hmav
<2248>
P-1AP
logw
<3056>
N-DSM
alhyeiav
<225>
N-GSF
eiv
<1519>
PREP
to
<3588>
T-ASN
einai
<1510> (5750)
V-PXN
hmav
<2248>
P-1AP
aparchn
<536>
N-ASF
tina
<5100>
X-ASF
twn
<3588>
T-GPN
autou
<846>
P-GSM
ktismatwn
<2938>
N-GPN
NET © [draft] ITL
By
<1014>
his sovereign plan
<1014>
he gave
<616>
us
<2248>
birth
<616>
through the message
<3056>
of truth
<225>
, that we
<2248>
would be
<1510>
a kind
<5100>
of firstfruits
<536>
of all he
<846>
created
<2938>
.
NET ©

By his sovereign plan he gave us birth 1  through the message of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.

NET © Notes

tn Grk “Having willed, he gave us birth.”



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