James 1:18 - Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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].

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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

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.