James 2:21

Faith And Works

²⁰ Do you want to be shown, you foolish person, that faith apart from works is useless? ²¹ Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up Isaac his son on the altar? ²² You see that faith was active along with his works, and faith was completed by his works;

Good Deeds

Justified by Works

Offered Up Isaac

With God

O God

Abraham

Isaac

Genesis 22:16-18

and said, "By myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son,

Genesis 22:9-12

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

Joshua 24:3

Then I took your father Abraham from beyond the River and led him through all the land of Canaan, and made his offspring many. I gave him Isaac.

Psalm 143:2

Enter not into judgment with your servant, for no one living is righteous before you.

Isaiah 51:2

Look to Abraham your father and to Sarah who bore you; for he was but one when I called him, that I might bless him and multiply him.

Matthew 3:9

And do not presume to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father,' for I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children for Abraham.

Matthew 12:37

for by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned."

Matthew 25:31-40

"When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne.

Luke 1:73

the oath that he swore to our father Abraham, to grant us

Luke 16:24

And he called out, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the end of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in anguish in this flame.'

Luke 16:30

And he said, 'No, father Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent.'

John 8:39

They answered him, "Abraham is our father." Jesus said to them, "If you were Abraham's children, you would be doing the works Abraham did,

John 8:53

Are you greater than our father Abraham, who died? And the prophets died! Who do you make yourself out to be?"

Acts 7:2

And Stephen said: "Brothers and fathers, hear me. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,

Romans 3:20

For by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin.

Romans 4:1

What then shall we say was gained by Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh?

Romans 4:12

and to make him the father of the circumcised who are not merely circumcised but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.

Romans 4:16

That is why it depends on faith, in order that the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his offspring--not only to the adherent of the law but also to the one who shares the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,

James 2:18

But someone will say, "You have faith and I have works." Show me your faith apart from your works, and I will show you my faith by my works.

James 2:24

You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone.