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James 1:16-18
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16 So don’t be misled, my dear brothers and sisters. 17 Whatever is good and perfect is a gift coming down to us from God our Father, who created all the lights in the heavens.[a] He never changes or casts a shifting shadow.[b] 18 He chose to give birth to us by giving us his true word. And we, out of all creation, became his prized possession.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. 1:17a Greek from above, from the Father of lights.
  2. 1:17b Some manuscripts read He never changes, as a shifting shadow does.
  3. 1:18 Greek we became a kind of firstfruit of his creatures.
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James 1:16-18
New English Translation

16 Do not be led astray, my dear brothers and sisters.[a] 17 All generous giving and every perfect gift[b] is from above, coming down[c] from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or the slightest hint of change.[d] 18 By his sovereign plan he gave us birth[e] through the message of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.

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Footnotes

  1. James 1:16 tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:2.
  2. James 1:17 tn The first phrase refers to the action of giving and the second to what is given.
  3. James 1:17 tn Or “All generous giving and every perfect gift from above is coming down.”
  4. James 1:17 tn Grk “variation or shadow of turning” (referring to the motions of heavenly bodies causing variations of light and darkness).
  5. James 1:18 tn Grk “Having willed, he gave us birth.”
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