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

With

1 John 3:9

Kind

Revelation 14:4

General references

Romans 9:16

Bible References

His own

For not to natural conception, nor to human instincts, nor to will of man did they owe the new Life, but to God.

"In truth I tell you," exclaimed Jesus, "unless a man is reborn, he cannot see the Kingdom of God."

As Scripture says-'I have made thee the Father of many nations.') And this they do in the sight of that God in whom Abraham had faith, and who gives life to the dead, and speaks of what does not yet exist as if it did.

For those whom God chose from the first he also destined from the first to be transformed into likeness to his Son, so that his Son might be the eldest among many Brothers.

For his words to Moses are-'I will take pity on whom I take pity, and be merciful to whom I am merciful.'

Yet God, in his abundant compassion, and because of the great love with which he loved us,

And through him to reconcile all things to himself (making peace by the shedding of Christ's blood offered upon the cross)-- whether on earth or in Heaven.

But, Brothers, whom the Lord loves, it is our duty always to thank God about you, for, from the first, God chose you for Salvation through the purifying influence of the Spirit, and your belief in the Truth.

Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has, in his great mercy, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

With

Therefore, have done with all filthiness and whatever wickedness still remains, and in a humble spirit receive that Message which has been planted in your hearts and is able to save your souls.

Though you may have thousands of instructors in the Faith of Christ, yet you have not many fathers. It was I who, through union with Christ Jesus, became your father by means of the Good News.

That we should enhance his glory--we who have been the first to rest our hopes on the Christ.

since your new Life has come, not from perishable, but imperishable, seed, through the Message of the Everliving God.

No one who has received the new Life from God lives sinfully, because the very nature of God dwells within him; and he cannot live in sin, because he has received the new Life from God.

Kind

These are the men who never defiled themselves in their intercourse with women; they are as pure as virgins. These are the men who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They were redeemed as the first-fruits of mankind for God and for the Lamb.

General references

So, then, all depends, not on human wishes or human efforts, but on God's mercy.