James 1:18KJV
Protestant Bible · KJV · Verse 18 of 27
"Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures."
In context
16Do not err, my beloved brethren.
17Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
18Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
19Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
20For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.