James 1:18

New International Version

¹⁸He chose to give us birth^(A) through the word of truth,^(B) that we might be a kind of firstfruits^(C) of all he created.

James 1:18

King James Version

¹⁸Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

²³For you have been born again,^(A) not of perishable seed, but of imperishable,^(B) through the living and enduring word of God.^(C)

²³Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.

New International Version (NIV)