But he should ask in faith, without doubting, because the person who doubts [that he will receive wisdom] is like an ocean wave that is driven and tossed by the wind.

Wasn’t Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar?

And in the same way, wasn’t Rahab the prostitute also justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out by a different route?

For all kinds of animals and birds and reptiles and ocean creatures are being subdued and have been subdued by mankind,