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

Now if we put the bits into the horses’ mouths so that they will obey us, we direct their entire body as well.

Be miserable and mourn and weep; let your laughter be turned into mourning and your joy to gloom.

Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries which are coming upon you.

Your gold and your silver have rusted; and their rust will be a witness against you and will consume your flesh like fire. It is in the last days that you have stored up your treasure!

and the prayer offered in faith will restore the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up, and if he has committed sins, they will be forgiven him.