James 2:21

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Summary

James 2:21

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

Abraham

When

Genesis 22:9

General references

Genesis 22:10

Genesis 26:5

James 2:24

Bible References

Abraham

And I took your father Abraham from Beyond the River, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed and gave him Isaac.

Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who bore you; for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.

and do not think to say within yourselves, We have Abraham as our father. For I say to you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones.

the oath which He swore to our father Abraham,

And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus so that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am tormented in this flame.

They answered and said to Him, Abraham is our father. Jesus answered them, If you were Abraham's children, you would do the works of Abraham.

And he said, Men, brothers, and fathers, listen: The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran.

What then shall we say that our father Abraham has found, according to flesh?

When

And they came to the place which God had told him of. And Abraham built an altar there and laid the wood in order. And he bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar, on the wood.

General references

And Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to slay his son.

because Abraham obeyed My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My Laws.

You see then how a man is justified by works, and not by faith only.