ยากอบ 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.
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Study Note
The declaration that God 'of his own will brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures' presents regeneration as entirely divine initiative ('of his own will' — boulētheis), mediated through the gospel ('word of truth'), with an eschatological purpose. The 'firstfruits' (aparchē) image draws on the Levitical firstfruits offering — the first portion dedicated to God that consecrated the whole — and may imply that believers are the first portion of a coming universal renewal of creation. The verse stands in deliberate contrast to verse 14-15, where desire gives birth to sin and sin to death: God's will gives birth to new life through the word, reversing the destructive birth of sin. 1 Peter 1:23 parallels the same logic: 'you have been born again through the living and enduring word of God.'
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Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
having counselled, He did beget us with a word of truth, for our being a certain first-fruit of His creatures.
Of his purpose he gave us being, by his true word, so that we might be, in a sense, the first-fruits of all the things which he had made.
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