James 1:18

1:18 By his sovereign plan he gave us birth ¹  through the message of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.

James 1:22

1:22 But be sure you live out the message and do not merely listen to it and so deceive yourselves.

[1:18]  ¹ tn Grk “Having willed, he gave us birth.”