James 2:21
Whether Abraham, our father, was not justified of works, (or Was not our father Abraham justified by works), offering Isaac, his son, on the altar?
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
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 know, thou vain man (or O empty and useless man), that faith without works is idle?
Cross References
Genesis 22:9and came to the place which God had showed to him; in which place Abraham builded an altar, and dressed [the] wood above; and when he had bound (al)together Isaac, his son (or and when he had bound up his son Isaac), he laid Isaac on the altar, upon the heap of wood.
Joshua 24:3Therefore I took your father Abraham from the coasts of Mesopotamia, and I brought him into the land of Canaan; and I multiplied his seed, and I gave Isaac to him;
Isaiah 51:2Take ye heed to Abraham, your father, and to Sarah, that childed you (or who gave birth to you); for I called him, (when he was but) one, ( or without an heir), and I blessed him, and I multiplied him.
Matthew 12:37for of thy words thou shalt be justified, and of thy words thou shalt be condemned.
Luke 1:73The great oath that he swore to Abraham, our father,
Luke 16:30And he said, Nay, father Abraham, but if any of dead men go to them [or but if any of (the) dead shall go to them], they shall do penance (or then they shall 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 →