NET
18 By his sovereign plan he gave us birth through the message of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.
Darby
18 According to his own will begat he us by the word of truth, that we should be a certain first-fruits of *his* creatures.
KJV
18 Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.