 | Church of England - 1825 - 432 pagina’s
...Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. Of his own will begat he ns with the Word of truth, that we should be a kind of first-fruits of his creatures. Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath; for the... | |
 | William Carpenter - 1825 - 630 pagina’s
...dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ (by grace are ye saved), 5. Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures. Jam. i. 18. 6 Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart,... | |
 | 1825 - 556 pagina’s
...St. James (i. 18), speaking of the first converts in the apostolic age, says, " Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures;" ie of those who should at any period to the end of the world be created... | |
 | Richard Whately - 1825 - 314 pagina’s
...thejilial relation in which we stand to God : " of his own will," says he, (chap. i. 18—21.) " begat He us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures. Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow... | |
 | Martin Luther - 1826 - 566 pagina’s
...are the new creatures, the faithful; speaking of whom, James saith, i. 18, " Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures." And Paul saith, describing these, Gal. vi. 15, " For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth... | |
 | 1871 - 592 pagina’s
...the Lord begets all the redeemed family according to His own sovereign will. " Of His own will begat He us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures" (James i. 18). Oh! if we have spiritual life — if we live by the faith of Christ, who loved us and... | |
 | John Owen - 1826 - 602 pagina’s
...and that is where they are called the 'first-fruits unto God;' James i. 18. 'Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first-fruits of his creatures.' And Rev. xiv. he expresses it again, 'These were they that had not defiled themselves, and they were... | |
 | John Pridham - 1826 - 438 pagina’s
...salvation'." The Apostles James and Peter bear testimony to its effects in their days. " Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first-fruits of his creatures' 1 ." "Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit, unto unfeigned love... | |
 | Martin Luther - 1826 - 1184 pagina’s
...are the new creatures, the faithful; speaking of whom, James saith, i. 18, " Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures." And Paul saith, describing these, Gal. vi. 15, " For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth... | |
 | Rev. Tomas Scott (Rector of Ashton Sandford, Bucks.), Thomas Chalmers - 1826 - 592 pagina’s
...salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ." Thus, likewise, says another apostle, " Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures." And our Lord himself says, " My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me; and I give... | |
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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. 
