James 1:18
James 1:16-18 The Message (MSG)
So, my very dear friends, don’t get thrown off course. Every desirable and beneficial gift comes out of heaven. The gifts are rivers of light cascading down from the Father of Light. There is nothing deceitful in God, nothing two-faced, nothing fickle. He brought us to life using the true Word, showing us off as the crown of all his creatures.
James 1:18 King James Version (KJV)
Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
James 1:18 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
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.
James 1:18 New Century Version (NCV)
God decided to give us life through the word of truth so we might be the most important of all the things he made.
James 1:18 American Standard Version (ASV)
Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
James 1:18 New International Version (NIV)
He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.
James 1:18 New King James Version (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.
James 1:18 Amplified Bible (AMP)
It was of His own will that He gave us birth [as His children] by the word of truth, so that we would be a kind of first fruits of His creatures [a prime example of what He created to be set apart to Himself—sanctified, made holy for His divine purposes].
James 1:18 New Living Translation (NLT)
He chose to give birth to us by giving us his true word. And we, out of all creation, became his prized possession.