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James 1:18

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

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  1. James 1:16

    Do not err, my beloved brethren.

  2. James 1:17

    Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

  3. James 1:19

    Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

  4. James 1:20

    For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.