James 2:21
Was not Abraham our father iustified through workes, when he offred Isaac his sonne vpon the altar?
Geneva Bible 1599
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
20But wilt thou vnderstand, O thou vaine man, that the faith which is without workes, is dead?
Cross References
Genesis 22:9And when they came to the place which God had shewed him, Abraham builded an altar there, and couched ye wood, and bound Izhak his sonne and laid him on the altar vpon the wood.
Joshua 24:3And I tooke your father Abraham from beyond the flood, and brought him through all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seede, and gaue him Izhak.
Isaiah 51:2Consider Abraham your father, and Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.
Matthew 12:37For by thy wordes thou shalt be iustified, and by thy wordes thou shalt be condemned.
Luke 1:73And the othe which he sware to our father Abraham.
Luke 16:30And he sayde, Nay, father Abraham: but if one came vnto them from the dead, they will amend their liues.
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 →