James 1:18

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Summary

James 1:18

Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

His own

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1 John 3:9

Kind

General references

Romans 9:16

Bible References

His own

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

Jesus answered him, "Truly, truly, I tell you, unless one is born again he cannot see the Kingdom of God."

As it is written, "I have made you a father of many nations." This is in the presence of him whom he believed: God, who gives life to the dead, and calls the things that are not, as though they were.

For whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.

For he said to Moses, "I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion."

But God, being rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us,

and through him to reconcile all things to himself, by him, whether things on the earth, or things in the heavens, having made peace through the blood of his cross.

But we are bound to always give thanks to God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because God chose you as first fruits for salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief in the truth;

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy became our father again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

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Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

For though you have ten thousand tutors in Christ, yet not many fathers. For in Christ Jesus, I became your father through the Good News.

to the end that we should be to the praise of his glory, we who had before hoped in Christ:

having been born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the living and abiding Word of God.

Whoever is born of God does not commit sin, because his seed remains in him; and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.

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"Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, 'When you have come into the land which I give to you, and shall reap its the harvest, then you shall bring the sheaf of the first fruits of your harvest to the priest:

Israel was holiness to the LORD, the first fruits of his increase. All who devour him shall be held guilty. Evil shall come on them,"' says the LORD."

Woe to those who are at ease in Zion, and to those who are secure on the mountain of Samaria, the notable men of the foremost of nations, to whom the house of Israel come.

These are those who were not defiled with women, for they are virgins. These are those who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were redeemed from among men, the first fruits to God and to the Lamb.

General references

So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who has mercy.