James 1:18

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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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  • 1 Pet 1:23 : 23 Because you have had a new birth, not from the seed of man, but from eternal seed, through the word of a living and unchanging God.
  • John 1:13 : 13 Whose birth was from God and not from blood, or from an impulse of the flesh and man's desire.
  • Rev 14:4 : 4 These are they who have not made themselves unclean with women; for they are virgins. These are they who go after the Lamb wherever he goes. These were taken from among men to be the first fruits to God and to the Lamb.
  • 2 Thess 2:13-14 : 13 But it is right for us to give praise to God at all times for you, brothers, loved by the Lord, because it was the purpose of God from the first that you might have salvation, being made holy by the Spirit and by faith in what is true: 14 And in this purpose he gave you a part through the good news of which we were the preachers, even that you might have part in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
  • 1 Pet 1:3 : 3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who through his great mercy has given us a new birth and a living hope by the coming again of Jesus Christ from the dead,
  • Jer 2:3 : 3 Israel was holy to the Lord, the first-fruits of his increase: all who made attacks on him were judged as wrongdoers, evil came on them, says the Lord.
  • Eph 1:12 : 12 So that his glory might have praise through us who first had hope in Christ:
  • John 3:3-5 : 3 Jesus said to him, Truly, I say to you, Without a new birth no man is able to see the kingdom of God. 4 Nicodemus said to him, How is it possible for a man to be given birth when he is old? Is he able to go into his mother's body a second time and come to birth again? 5 Jesus said in answer, Truly, I say to you, If a man's birth is not from water and from the Spirit, it is not possible for him to go into the kingdom of God.
  • Rom 4:17 : 17 (As it is said in the holy Writings, I have made you a father of a number of nations) before him in whom he had faith, that is, God, who gives life to the dead, and to whom the things which are not are as if they were.
  • Rom 8:29-31 : 29 Because those of whom he had knowledge before they came into existence, were marked out by him to be made like his Son, so that he might be the first among a band of brothers: 30 And those who were marked out by him were named; and those who were named were given righteousness; and to those to whom he gave righteousness, in the same way he gave glory. 31 What may we say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us?
  • Rom 9:15-18 : 15 For he says to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and pity on whom I will have pity. 16 So then, it is not by the desire or by the attempt of man, but by the mercy of God. 17 For the holy Writings say to Pharaoh, For this same purpose did I put you on high, so that I might make my power seen in you, and that there might be knowledge of my name through all the earth. 18 So then, at his pleasure he has mercy on a man, and at his pleasure he makes the heart hard.
  • 1 Cor 4:15 : 15 For even if you had ten thousand teachers in Christ, you have not more than one father: for in Christ Jesus I have given birth to you through the good news.
  • Eph 2:4-5 : 4 But God, being full of mercy, through the great love which he had for us, 5 Even when we were dead through our sins, gave us life together with Christ (by grace you have salvation),
  • Col 1:20-21 : 20 Through him uniting all things with himself, having made peace through the blood of his cross; through him, I say, uniting all things which are on earth or in heaven. 21 And you, who in the past were cut off and at war with God in your minds through evil works, he has now made one
  • Amos 6:1 : 1 Sorrow to those who are resting in comfort in Zion, and to those who have no fear of danger in the mountain of Samaria, the noted men of the chief of the nations, to whom the people of Israel come!
  • Lev 23:10 : 10 Say to the children of Israel, When you have come to the land which I will give you, and have got in the grain from its fields, take some of the first-fruits of the grain to the priest;
  • Heb 12:23 : 23 To the great meeting and church of the first of those who are named in heaven, and to God the judge of all, and to the spirits of good men made complete,
  • Jas 1:21 : 21 For this reason, putting away all dirty behaviour and the overweight of evil, take into your souls without pride the word which, being planted there, is able to give you salvation.
  • 1 John 3:9 : 9 Anyone who is a child of God does no sin, because he still has God's seed in him; he is not able to be a sinner, because God is his Father.

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  • 1 Pet 1:22-23
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    22And as you have made your souls clean, being ruled by what is true, and loving one another without deceit, see that your love is warm and from the heart:

    23Because you have had a new birth, not from the seed of man, but from eternal seed, through the word of a living and unchanging God.

  • Jas 1:17
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    17Every good and true thing is given to us from heaven, coming from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change or any shade made by turning.

  • 1 Pet 1:2-4
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    2Who, through the purpose of God, have been made holy by the Spirit, disciples of Jesus, made clean by his blood: May you have grace and peace in full measure.

    3Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who through his great mercy has given us a new birth and a living hope by the coming again of Jesus Christ from the dead,

    4And a heritage fair, holy and for ever new, waiting in heaven for you,

  • John 1:13-14
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    13Whose birth was from God and not from blood, or from an impulse of the flesh and man's desire.

    14And so the Word became flesh and took a place among us for a time; and we saw his glory--such glory as is given to an only son by his father--saw it to be true and full of grace.

  • Eph 1:3-6
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    3Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has given us every blessing of the Spirit in the heavens in Christ:

    4Even as he made selection of us in him from the first, so that we might be holy and free from all evil before him in love:

    5As we were designed before by him for the position of sons to himself, through Jesus Christ, in the good pleasure of his purpose,

    6To the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely gave to us in the Loved One:

  • Jas 1:19
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    19You have knowledge of this, dear brothers. But let every man be quick in hearing, slow in words, slow to get angry;

  • 2 Pet 1:3-4
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    3Because by his power he has given us everything necessary for life and righteousness, through the knowledge of him who has been our guide by his glory and virtue;

    4And through this he has given us the hope of great rewards highly to be valued; so that by them we might have our part in God's being, and be made free from the destruction which is in the world through the desires of the flesh.

  • 2 Tim 1:9
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    9Who gave us salvation, marking us out for his purpose, not on account of our works, but in the measure of his purpose and his grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,

  • Titus 3:5-6
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    5Not by works of righteousness which we did ourselves, but in the measure of his mercy, he gave us salvation, through the washing of the new birth and the giving of new life in the Holy Spirit,

    6Which he gave us freely through Jesus Christ our Saviour;

  • 2 Thess 2:13
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    13But it is right for us to give praise to God at all times for you, brothers, loved by the Lord, because it was the purpose of God from the first that you might have salvation, being made holy by the Spirit and by faith in what is true:

  • Eph 1:8-9
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    8Which he gave us in full measure in all wisdom and care;

    9Having made clear to us the secret of his purpose, in agreement with the design which he had in mind, to put into his hands

  • Jas 1:21
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    21For this reason, putting away all dirty behaviour and the overweight of evil, take into your souls without pride the word which, being planted there, is able to give you salvation.

  • Col 1:12-13
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    12Giving praise to the Father who has given us a part in the heritage of the saints in light;

    13Who has made us free from the power of evil and given us a place in the kingdom of the Son of his love;

  • 1 Pet 1:18-20
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    18Being conscious that you have been made free from that foolish way of life which was your heritage from your fathers, not through a payment of things like silver or gold which come to destruction,

    19But through holy blood, like that of a clean and unmarked lamb, even the blood of Christ:

    20Who was marked out by God before the making of the world, but was caused to be seen in these last times for you,

  • Eph 1:11-12
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    11In whom we have a heritage, being marked out from the first in his purpose who does all things in agreement with his designs;

    12So that his glory might have praise through us who first had hope in Christ:

  • 1 John 5:1
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    1Everyone who has faith that Jesus is the Christ is a child of God: and everyone who has love for the Father has love for his child.

  • Heb 1:1
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    1In times past the word of God came to our fathers through the prophets, in different parts and in different ways;

  • Col 1:15
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    15Who is the image of the unseen God coming into existence before all living things;

  • Eph 2:10
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    10For by his act we were given existence in Christ Jesus to do those good works which God before made ready for us so that we might do them.

  • Gal 1:4
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    4Who gave himself for our sins, so that he might make us free from this present evil world, after the purpose of our God and Father:

  • Col 1:6
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    6Which has come to you; and which in all the world is giving fruit and increase, as it has done in you from the day when it came to your ears and you had true knowledge of the grace of God;

  • 1 John 3:1
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    1See what great love the Father has given us in naming us the children of God; and such we are. For this reason the world does not see who we are, because it did not see who he was.

  • Jas 1:14-15
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    14But every man is tested when he is turned out of the right way by the attraction of his desire.

    15Then when its time comes, desire gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is of full growth, gives birth to death.

  • 1 Pet 1:14
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    14Like children ruled by God, do not go back to the old desires of the time when you were without knowledge:

  • John 1:16
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    16From his full measure we have all been given grace on grace.

  • Eph 1:14
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    14Which is the first-fruit of our heritage, till God gets back that which is his, to the praise of his glory.

  • 2 Cor 5:5
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    5Now he who has made us for this very thing is God, who has given us the Spirit as a witness of what is to come.

  • 1 John 1:3
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    3We give you word of all we have seen and everything which has come to our ears, so that you may be united with us; and we are united with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ:

  • 1 John 1:1
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    1That which was from the first, which has come to our ears, and which we have seen with our eyes, looking on it and touching it with our hands, about the Word of life

  • Luke 1:1
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    1As a number of attempts have been made to put together in order an account of those events which took place among us,

  • 1 Thess 1:4-5
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    4Being conscious, my brothers, dear to God, that you have been marked out by God's purpose;

    5Because our good news came to you, not in word only, but in power, and in the Holy Spirit, so that you were completely certain of it; even as you saw what our behaviour to you was like from our love to you.

  • 2 Pet 1:11
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    11For so the way will be open to you into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

  • 1 Pet 2:2
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    2Be full of desire for the true milk of the word, as babies at their mothers' breasts, so that you may go on to salvation;

  • Rom 8:19
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    19For the strong desire of every living thing is waiting for the revelation of the sons of God.