James 2:21
Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?
Updated King James Version
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 will you know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
22See you how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect?
Cross References
Genesis 22:9And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.
Joshua 24:3And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac.
Isaiah 51:2Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.
Matthew 12:37For by your words (o. logos) you shall be justified, and by your words (o. logos) you shall be condemned.
Luke 1:73The oath which he swore to our father Abraham,
Luke 16:30And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will 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 →