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16 lines
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# to give us
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The word "us" refers to James and his audience.
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# give us birth
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God, who brought us eternal life, is spoken of as if he had given us birth.
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# the word of truth
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Possible meanings are 1) "the message about the truth" or 2) "the true message."
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# so that we would be a kind of firstfruits
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"so that we would be like an offering of firstfruits"
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