English “firstfruits” in James 1:17 was correctly translated from Greek feminine noun 536 aparche. I bring this to your attention because God’s perspective is well represented by “firstfruits” in Romans 8:21-23 and 1Corinthians 15:20-23. God’s “seven thousand” “election” are God’s “firstfruits”. Romans 8:21-23 “Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God” “For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now” “And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body”. 1Corinthians 15:20-23 “But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept” “For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead” “For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive” “But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming”.