James 1:18

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

NAS: 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.

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

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

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.

BBE: 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.

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

DRB: For of his own will hath he begotten us by the word of truth, that we might be some beginning of his creatures.

WBS: Of his own will he hath begotten us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first-fruits of his creatures.

WEB: 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.

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