For the anger of man does not forward the righteous purpose of God.

Look at our ancestor, Abraham. Was not it the result of his actions that he was pronounced righteous after he had offered his son, Isaac, on the altar?

You see, then, that it is as the result of his actions that a man is pronounced righteous, and not of his faith only.

Was not it the same with the prostitute, Rahab? Was not it as the result of her actions that she was pronounced righteous, after she had welcomed the messengers and hastened them away by a different road?

You have condemned, you have murdered, the Righteous One! Must not God be opposed to you?