James 1:18 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

having counselled, He did beget us with a word of truth, for our being a certain first-fruit of His creatures.

English ASV

Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

English Amplified

And it was of His own [free] will that He gave us birth [as sons] by [His] Word of Truth, so that we should be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures [a sample of what He created to be consecrated to Himself].

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

And it was of His own [free] will that He gave us birth [as sons] by [His] Word of Truth, so that we should be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures [a sample of what He created to be consecrated to Himself].

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of His creation.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

By his own choice, he gave us birth by the word of truth so that we would be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

According to his own will begat he us by the word of truth, that we should be a certain first-fruits of *his* creatures.

English EASY 2024

He chose to make us his children. He used his true message to do that. Because of that, we are like the first special gift that belongs to him from among everything that he has made.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

God decided to give us life through the true message he sent to us. He wanted us to be the most important of all that he created.

Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creation.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

By his own will he brought us into being through the word of truth, so that we should have first place among all his creatures.

English God's Word - GW 1995

God decided to give us life through the word of truth to make us his most important creatures.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

By His own choice, He gave us a new birth by the message of truth so that we would be the firstfruits of His creatures.

English KJV 1611

Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

English LSB

In the exercise of His will He brought us forth by the word of truth, so that we would be a kind of first fruits among His creatures.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

Of His own will He brought us forth with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

In the exercise of His will He brought us forth by the word of truth, so that we would be a kind of first fruits among His creatures.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

He willed to give us birth by the word of truth that we may be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

By his sovereign plan he gave us birth through the message of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

God chose to give us new birth through the message of truth. He wanted us to be the first and best of everything he created.

English NIV

He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.

English NKJ 1982

Of His own will He brought us forth by the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures.

English NLT

In his goodness he chose to make us his own children by giving us his true word. And we, out of all creation, became his choice possession.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

In fulfillment of his own purpose he gave us birth by the word of truth, so that we would become a kind of first fruits of his creatures.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

God was delighted to give us birth by the truth of his infallible Word so that we would fulfill his chosen destiny for us and become the favorite ones out of all his creation!

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

And it was a happy day for him when he gave us our new lives through the truth of his Word, and we became, as it were, the first children in his new family.

English Tyndale 1537

Of his own will begat he us with the word of life, that we should be the first of his creatures.(that we should be the first fruits of his creatures.)

James 1:18 — Compare Translations