James 1:18 - 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.

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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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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.

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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.

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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.

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Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

For of his own will hath he begotten us by the word of truth, that we might be some beginning of his creatures.

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