Verse List for YAC 1:18

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OET (OET-RV) Once he had decided it, he created us by his spoken commands so that we’d become a kind of special first ‘harvest’ out of all of his creatures.

OET-LV Having _been _wished it, he _brought _forth us by_the_message of _truth, in _order that to _be us first-fruit a_certain of _the of _him creatures.

ULT Having willed, he gave birth to us by the word of truth, for us to be something like a firstfruits of his creatures.

UST God became our spiritual father when we trusted in his true message. That was what he wanted to do. So now believers in Jesus have become the first people to experience the kind of relationship with God that many more people will have in the future.

BSB & MSB He chose to give us birth through [the] word of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of His creation.[fn]

BLB Having willed it, He brought us forth by the word of truth, for us to be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures.

AICNT Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

OEB Because he so willed, he gave us life, through the message of the truth, so that we should be, as it were, a kind of first fruits of his creation.

WEBBE & WMBB Of his own will he gave birth to us by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.

MSG ^(16-18)So, my very dear friends, don’t get thrown off course. Every desirable and beneficial gift comes out of heaven. The gifts are rivers of light cascading down from the Father of Light. There is nothing deceitful in God, nothing two-faced, nothing fickle. He brought us to life using the true Word, showing us off as the crown of all his creatures.

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

LSV having willed [it], He begot us with a word of truth, for our being a certain first-fruit of His creatures.

FBV He chose to give us new life through the word of truth, so that out of all his creation we would be very special to him.[fn]

TCNT Of his own will he gave us birth by the word of truth so that we would be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

T4T And because he wanted to help us, he gave us spiritual life as a result of our trusting in his true message. So now we have become the first ones of all the people [MET] that he created to ◄be totally dedicated to/completely belong to► him.

LEB By his[fn] will he gave birth to us through the message of truth, so that we should be a kind of first fruits 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.

Moff It was his own will that we should be born by the Word of the truth, to be a kind of firstfruits among his creatures.

Wymth In accordance with His will He made us His children through the Message of the truth, so that we might, in a sense, be the Firstfruits of the things which He has created.

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.

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

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

RV Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
(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.)

SLT Having willed he brought forth by the word of truth, for us to be some first fruit of his creatures.

Wbstr 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.

KJB-1769 Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
(Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first-fruits of his creatures.)

KJB-1611 Of his owne will begate hee vs, with the word of Trueth, that wee should bee a kinde of first fruites of his creatures.
(Of his own will begat he us, with the word of Trueth, that we should be a kind of first-fruits of his creatures.)

Bshps Of his owne wyll begat he vs with the worde of trueth, that we shoulde be the first fruites of his creatures.
(Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be the first-fruits of his creatures.)

Gnva Of his owne will begate hee vs with the woorde of trueth, that we shoulde be as the first fruites of his creatures.
(Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be as the first-fruits of his creatures.)

Cvdl Of his awne will begat he vs with the worde of life, that we shulde be the fyrst frutes of his creatures.
(Of his own will begat he us with the word of life, that we should be the first fruits of his creatures.)

TNT Of his awne will begat he vs with the worde of lyfe that we shuld be the fyrst frutes of his creatures.
(Of his own will begat he us with the word of life that we should be the first fruits of his creatures.)

Wycl For wilfulli he bigat vs bi the word of treuthe, that we be a bigynnyng of his creature.
(For wilfulli he begat us by the word of truth, that we be a beginning of his creature.)

Luth Er hat uns gezeuget nach seinem Willen durch das Wort der Wahrheit, auf daß wir wären Erstlinge seiner Kreaturen.
(He has us/to_us/ourselves conceived after his will(n) through the word the/of_the truth, on/in/to that we/us would_be first-fruits his creatures.)

ClVg Voluntarie enim genuit nos verbo veritatis, ut simus initium aliquod creaturæ ejus.[fn]
(Voluntarie because gave_birth us word to_the_truths, as we_are the_beginning some creatures his/her.)

SR-GNT Βουληθεὶς, ἀπεκύησεν ἡμᾶς λόγῳ ἀληθείας, εἰς τὸ εἶναι ἡμᾶς ἀπαρχήν τινα τῶν αὐτοῦ κτισμάτων. ‡

UGNT βουληθεὶς, ἀπεκύησεν ἡμᾶς λόγῳ ἀληθείας, εἰς τὸ εἶναι ἡμᾶς ἀπαρχήν τινα τῶν αὐτοῦ κτισμάτων.

SBL-GNT βουληθεὶς ἀπεκύησεν ἡμᾶς λόγῳ ἀληθείας, εἰς τὸ εἶναι ἡμᾶς ἀπαρχήν τινα τῶν αὐτοῦ κτισμάτων.

RP-GNT Βουληθεὶς ἀπεκύησεν ἡμᾶς λόγῳ ἀληθείας, εἰς τὸ εἶναι ἡμᾶς ἀπαρχήν τινα τῶν αὐτοῦ κτισμάτων.

TC-GNT βουληθεὶς ἀπεκύησεν ἡμᾶς λόγῳ ἀληθείας, εἰς τὸ εἶναι ἡμᾶς ἀπαρχήν τινα τῶν αὐτοῦ κτισμάτων.