James

James 1:18

¹⁸He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of His creation.^c

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English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
He chose	βουληθεὶς	boulētheis	Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular	G1014 I will, intend, desire
to give us birth	ἀπεκύησεν	apekyēsen	Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular	G616 I bring forth, give birth to
through	λόγῳ	logō	Noun - Dative Masculine Singular	G3056 a word, speech, divine utterance, analogy
of truth	ἀληθείας	alētheias	Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular	G225 truth
that	εἰς	eis	Preposition	G1519 into, in, among, till, for
we	ἡμᾶς	hēmas	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Plural	G1473 I
would be	εἶναι	einai	Verb - Present Infinitive Active	G1510 I am, exist
a kind of	τινα	tina	Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Accusative Feminine Singular	G5100 any one, some one
firstfruits	ἀπαρχήν	aparchēn	Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular	G536 the first-fruits
of His	αὐτοῦ	autou	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular	G846 he, she, it, they, them, same
creation	κτισμάτων	ktismatōn	Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural	G2938 a created thing, creature

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.