For he studied himself and went his way, and immediately he forgot what he was like.

Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?

Do you see how faith worked with his works, and from the works faith was made complete?

And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, "Abraham believed God, and it was imputed to him for righteousness, and he was called the friend of God."

And in the same way, was not Rahab the harlot also justified by works when she had received the messengers and had sent them out another way?

Elijah was a man of like passion as we are. And he prayed earnestly that it might not rain, and it did not rain on the earth for the time of three years and six months.