Cross-references Explore similar Bible verses on James 1:18 in English Standard Version "Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures." Jer 2:3 Israel was holy to the Lord, the firstfruits of his harvest. All who ate of it incurred guilt; disaster came upon them, declares the Lord.” Joh 1:13 who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God. Ro 8:19 For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God. Ga 4:19 my little children, for whom I am again in the anguish of childbirth until Christ is formed in you! Eph 1:12 so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be to the praise of his glory. 1Pe 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 1Pe 1:23 since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God; Re 14:4 It is these who have not defiled themselves with women, for they are virgins. It is these who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These have been redeemed from mankind as firstfruits for God and the Lamb,