“Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.”
James 1:18 (KJV) |
James 1:18
From James 1, in the Book of James (New Testament).
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Do not err, my beloved brethren.
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Every 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.
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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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Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
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For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.