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 # so that we would be a kind of firstfruits
 
-James is using the traditional Hebrew idea of firstfruits as a way to describe the value of the Christian believers to God. He implies that there will be many more believers in the future. Alternate translation: "so that we would be like an offering of firstfruits" 
+"so that we would be like an offering of firstfruits"