James 2:21
Look at our ancestor, Abraham. Was he not justified by his actions after he had offered his son, Isaac, on the altar?
Open English Bible (UK)
In The King James Version
Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?
In Context
20Now do you really want to understand, fool, how it is that faith without actions leads to nothing?
Cross References
Genesis 22:9When they came to the place of which God had told him, Abraham built the altar there and laid the wood on it and bound Isaac his son and laid him on the altar upon the wood.
Joshua 24:3But I took your ancestor Abraham from the other side of the Euphrates, I led him through all the land of Canaan, multiplying his family, and giving him Isaac.
Matthew 12:37For it is by your words that you will be acquitted, and by your words that you will be condemned.’
Luke 1:73This was the oath which he swore to our ancestor Abraham –
Luke 16:30“But, Father Abraham,” he urged, “if someone from the dead were to go to them, they would repent.”
Matthew Henry on James 2:15-26
Faith and Works. ( a. d. 61.) 14 What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him? 15 If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, 16 And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit? 17 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. 18 Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: show me thy faith… Read the whole commentary →