James 2:21

Abraham was justified by works when he offered Isaac on the altar. His obedient action demonstrated the reality of his faith.

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• Gen 22:16–18And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son:
• Gen 22:9–12And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.
• John 8:39They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham’s children, ye would do the works of Abraham.
• Rom 4:16Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all,
• Matt 12:37For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
• Acts 7:2And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,
• Rom 4:1What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found?
• Luke 16:30And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.
• Josh 24:3And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac.
• Jas 2:18Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.
• Jas 2:24Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.
• Isa 51:2Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.
• Matt 3:9And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
• Ps 143:2And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
• Luke 16:24And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.
• Rom 3:20Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
• Matt 25:31–40When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:
• John 8:53Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself?
• Rom 4:12And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised.
• Luke 1:73The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,

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