James 1:18Open English Bible (US)
Because he so willed, he gave us life, through the message of the truth, so that we should be, as it were, a kind of first fruits of his creation.
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Ruth 1:12
Go back, my daughters, go your own way, because I am too old to have a husband. Even if I should say, ‘I have hope,’ even if I should have a husband tonight and should bear sons,
Ruth 2:1
Now Naomi was related through her husband to a very wealthy man of the family of Elimelech named Boaz.
Ruth 2:15
When she rose to glean, Boaz gave this order to his young men: “Let her glean even among the sheaves and do not disturb her.
Ruth 2:18
Then she took it up and went into the town and showed her mother-in-law what she had gleaned. She also brought out and gave her that which she had left from her meal after she had had enough.
Ruth 2:22
Naomi said to Ruth, “It is best, my daughter, that you should go out with his girls because you might not be as safe in another field.”