James 2:21
Avraham Avinu, was he not YITZDAK IM HASHEM (justified with G-d) by his ma'asim when he performed the akedah (binding) and offered up Yitzchak Bno (Isaac his son) upon the mizbe'ach? + 2:21 Gn 22:9,12
Orthodox Jewish Bible
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
Cross References
Genesis 22:9And they came to the place which G-d had told him of; and Avraham built a mizbe'ach there, and laid the wood in order, and made the akedah (binding) of Yitzchak his son, and laid him on the mizbe'ach upon the wood.
Joshua 24:3But I took Avichem Avraham from the other side of the + 24:3 Euphrates River, and led him through Kol Eretz Kena'an, and multiplied his zera, and gave him Yitzchak.
Isaiah 51:2Look unto Avraham Avichem, 1 and unto Sarah that gave birth to you; 1 for I called him as one alone, 1 and put a brocha on him, and made him many. 1
Matthew 12:37For by your devarim you will be pronounced tzodek (righteous), and by your devarim you will be charged with guilt.
Luke 1:73The Brit HaShevu'ah (the Covenant of the oath) which He swore to Avraham Avinu to grant us, + 1:73 Gn 22:16-18
Luke 16:30But the oisher said, Lo (no), Avraham Avinu, but if someone from the Mesim should go to them, they will make teshuva.
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 →