18 Having deliberated, he begot us by the word of truth for us to be a certain first fruit of his creatures.
James 1:18 Cross References - ACV
Leviticus 23:10
10 Speak to the sons of Israel, and say to them, When ye have come into the land which I give to you, and shall reap the harvest of it, then ye shall bring the sheaf of the first-fruits of your harvest to the priest.
Jeremiah 2:3
3 Israel was holiness to LORD, the first-fruits of his increase. All who devour him shall be held guilty. Evil shall come upon them, says LORD.
Amos 6:1
1 Woe to those who are at ease in Zion, and to those who are secure in the mountain of Samaria, the notable men of the chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel come!
John 1:13
13 who were begotten, not from blood, nor from a will of flesh, nor from a will of man, but from God.
John 3:3-5
3 Jesus answered and said to him, Truly, truly, I say to thee, If any man is not begotten from above, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
4 Nicodemus says to him, How can a man be begotten, being old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's belly, and be born?
5 Jesus answered, Truly, truly, I say to thee, If any man is not begotten from water and Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
Romans 4:17
17 (as it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations), before him whom he believed, of God who makes the dead alive, and who calls things not existing, as existing.
Romans 8:29-31
29 Because whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be of similar nature of the form of his Son, in order for him to be the firstborn son among many brothers.
30 And whom he predestined, these he also called, and whom he called, these he also made righteous, and whom he made righteous, these he also glorified.
31 What then will we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us?
Romans 9:15-18
15 For he says to Moses, I will be merciful to whom I may be merciful, and I will be compassionate to whomever I may be compassionate.
16 So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who is merciful.
17 For the scripture says to Pharaoh, For this same thing I raised thee up, that I might display in thee my power, and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.
18 So then he is merciful to whom he will, and whom he will he hardens.
1 Corinthians 4:15
15 For though ye have countless instructors in Christ, yet not many fathers. For in Christ Jesus I begot you through the good news.
Ephesians 1:12
12 for us to be for appreciation of his glory, men who have first hoped in the Christ.
Ephesians 2:4-5
Colossians 1:20-21
2 Thessalonians 2:13-14
13 But we are indebted to express thanks to God always about you, brothers, beloved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation, in sanctification of spirit and belief of truth,
14 for which he called you, through our good news, for an acquired possession of glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Hebrews 12:23
23 to a festal gathering and assembly of firstborn sons who were enrolled in the heavens, and to God, a Judge of all, and to spirits of righteous men who were made fully perfect,
James 1:21
21 Therefore having put off all filthiness and profusion of evil, receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
1 Peter 1:3
3 Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who begot us again according to his abundant mercy for a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
1 Peter 1:23
23 begotten again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God that lives and remains into the age.
1 John 3:9
9 Every man who has been begotten of God is not doing sin, because his seed abides in him, and he cannot sin, because he has been begotten of God.
Revelation 14:4
4 These are men who were not defiled with women, for they are virgins. These are those who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were purchased by Jesus, out of men, a first fruit to God and to the Lamb.