A kind of first-fruits, &c.— More excellent than others, and in a peculiar manner separated and consecrated to him. By κτισματων, creatures, the apostle here means the new creation; and he seems by the expression to allude to Jeremiah 2:3. See also Romans 11:16; Romans 16:5. As in James 1:15 we have the genealogy of sin and death, in this verse is the genealogy of the Christian life and happiness.
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James 1:18
18 Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.