James 2:21

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Was not Abraham our father iustified through workes, when he had offered Isaac his sonne vpon the aulter?

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  • Gen 22:16-18 : 16 And sayd: by my selfe haue I sworne, sayeth the Lorde, because thou hast done this thyng, and hast not spared yea thyne onlye sonne, 17 That in blessing I wyll blesse thee, and in multiplying I wyll multiplie thy seede as the starres of heauen, and as the sande which is vpon the sea side, and thy seede shall possesse the gates of his enemies. 18 And in thy seede shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because thou hast hearde my voyce.
  • Gen 22:9-9 : 9 And when they came to ye place which God had shewed him, Abraham buylt an aulter there, and dressed the wood, and bound Isahac his sonne, and layde him on the aulter aboue vpo the wood. 10 And Abraham stretchyng foorth his hande, toke the knyfe to haue killed his sonne. 11 And the angell of the Lord called vnto him from heauen, saying: Abraham, Abraham. And he sayd, here am I: 12 And he sayde: lay not thy hande vpon the chylde, neyther do any thyng vnto hym, for nowe I knowe that thou fearest God, & hast for my sake not spared yea thine onlye sonne.
  • Josh 24:3 : 3 And I toke your father Abraham from the other side of the fludde, and brought him throughout all the lande of Chanaan, and multiplied his seede, and gaue him Isahac.
  • Ps 143:2 : 2 And enter not into iudgement with thy seruaunt: for in thy syght no man lyuyng can be iustified.
  • Isa 51:2 : 2 Consider Abraham your father, and Sara that bare you, how that I called hym alone, and blessed hym, and encreased hym.
  • Matt 3:9 : 9 And be not of suche mynde, that ye woulde say within your selues, we haue Abraham to our father. For I say vnto you, that God is able, of these stones to rayse vp chyldren vnto Abraham.
  • Matt 12:37 : 37 For of thy wordes, thou shalt be iustified: and of thy wordes, thou shalt be condemned.
  • Matt 25:31-40 : 31 When the sonne of man shall come in his glorie, and all the holy Angels with hym, then shall he sitte vpon the throne of his glorie. 32 And before hym shalbe gathered all nations: and he shall seperate them one from another, as a shephearde deuideth his sheepe from the goates. 33 And he shall set the sheepe on his right hande, but the goates on the lefte. 34 Then shall the king say vnto them on his right hande: Come ye blessed of my father, inherite the kyngdome, prepared for you from the foundation of the worlde. 35 For I was an hungred, and ye gaue me meate: I was thirstie, and ye gaue me drynke: I was harbourlesse, and ye toke me in: 36 Naked, and ye clothed me: Sicke, and ye visited me: I was in pryson, and ye came vnto me. 37 Then shall the ryghteous aunswere hym, saying: Lorde, when sawe we thee an hungred, & fedde thee? or thirstie and gaue thee drynke? 38 When sawe we thee harbourlesse, and toke thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? 39 Or when sawe we thee sicke, or in prison, and came vnto thee? 40 And the kyng shall aunswere, and say vnto them: Ueryly I say vnto you, in as much as ye haue done it vnto one of the least of these my brethren, ye haue done it vnto me.
  • Luke 1:73 : 73 And that he woulde perfourme the oth, which he sware to our father Abraham, for to geue vs.
  • Luke 16:24 : 24 And he cryed and sayde: father Abraham, haue mercie on me, and sende Lazarus that he may dippe the tippe of his fynger in water, and coole my tongue: for I am tormented in this flambe.
  • Luke 16:30 : 30 And he sayde, nay father Abraham: but yf one come vnto them from the dead, they wyll repent.
  • John 8:39 : 39 They aunswered, and saide vnto him: Abraham is our father. Iesus saith vnto them: Yf ye were Abrahams childre, ye woulde do the workes of Abraham.
  • John 8:53 : 53 Art thou greater the our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophetes are dead: whom makest thou thy selfe?
  • Acts 7:2 : 2 And he said: Ye men, brethren, and fathers, hearken. The God of glorie appeared vnto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,
  • Rom 3:20 : 20 Because that by the deedes of the lawe, there shall no flesshe be iustified in his syght. For by the lawe, commeth the knowledge of sinne.
  • Rom 4:1 : 1 What shall we saye then that Abraham our father, as parteynyng to the flesshe, dyd fynde?
  • Rom 4:12 : 12 And that he myght be father of circumcision, not vnto them only whiche came of the circumcised: but vnto them also that walke in the steppes of the fayth that was in our father Abraham, before the time of circumcision.
  • Rom 4:16 : 16 Therefore by fayth is the inheritaunce geuen that it might come by grace, that the promise myght be sure to all ye seede, not to that only which is of the lawe, but to that also which is of the fayth of Abraham, which is the father of vs al.
  • Jas 2:18 : 18 But some man wyll say, thou hast fayth and I haue deedes: shewe me thy fayth by thy deedes, and I wyll shewe thee my faith by my deedes.
  • Jas 2:24 : 24 Ye see then, howe that of deedes a man is iustified, and not of fayth only.

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  • Jas 2:22-26
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    22Seest thou not, howe ye faith wrought with his deedes, and through ye deedes was the fayth made perfect?

    23And the scripture was fulfylled, which sayth: Abraham beleued God, and it was reputed vnto hym for ryghteousnesse: And he was called the friende of God.

    24Ye see then, howe that of deedes a man is iustified, and not of fayth only.

    25Lykewyse also, was not Rahab the harlot iustified through workes, when she had receaued the messengers, and had sent them out another way?

    26For as the body without the spirite is dead: euen so, fayth without workes, is dead also

  • Rom 4:1-6
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    1What shall we saye then that Abraham our father, as parteynyng to the flesshe, dyd fynde?

    2For if Abraham were iustified by workes, the hath he wherein to boaste, but not before God.

    3For what sayth the scripture? Abraham beleued God, and it was counted vnto hym for ryghteousnes.

    4To hym that worketh, is the reward not reckened of grace, but of duetie.

    5To hym that worketh not, but beleueth on hym that iustifieth the vngodly, his fayth is counted for ryghteousnes.

    6Euen as Dauid describeth the blessednesse of the man vnto whom God imputeth righteousnesse without workes:

  • Jas 2:20
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    20But wylt thou knowe, O thou vayne man, that that fayth which is without workes, is dead?

  • Heb 11:17-18
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    17By fayth Abraham offered by Isaac when he was proued: and he that had receaued the promises, offered vp his only begotten sonne:

    18To whom it was saide, that in Isaac shall thy seede be called.

  • Gal 3:6-7
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    6Euen as Abraham beleued God, & it was ascribed to hym for righteousnesse.

    7Knowe ye therfore, that they which are of fayth, the same are the chyldren of Abraham.

  • Gen 22:6-10
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    6And Abraham toke the wood of the burnt offeryng, and layde it vpon Isahac his sonne: but he him selfe toke fire in his hande and a knyfe, and they went both of them together.

    7Then spake Isahac vnto Abraham his father, and sayd, my father. And he aunswered, here am I, my sonne. He sayde, see here is fyre and wood, but where is the beast for burnt sacrifice?

    8Abraham aunswered: My God wyll prouide a beast for burnt sacrifice: and so they went both together.

    9And when they came to ye place which God had shewed him, Abraham buylt an aulter there, and dressed the wood, and bound Isahac his sonne, and layde him on the aulter aboue vpo the wood.

    10And Abraham stretchyng foorth his hande, toke the knyfe to haue killed his sonne.

  • Jas 2:17-18
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    17Euen so, fayth, yf it haue not deedes, is dead in it selfe:

    18But some man wyll say, thou hast fayth and I haue deedes: shewe me thy fayth by thy deedes, and I wyll shewe thee my faith by my deedes.

  • Gen 22:1-2
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    1After these sayinges, god did tempt Abraham, and sayde vnto him Abraham. Which answered, here I am.

    2And he saide: take thy sonne, thyne onlye sonne Isahac whom thou louest, & get thee vnto the lande Moriah, and offer him there for a burnt offering vpon one of the mountaines which I wyl shewe thee.

  • Rom 4:9-10
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    9Came this blessednes then vpon the circumcision, or vpon the vncircumcision also? For we say, that fayth was reckened to Abraham for ryghteousnes.

    10Howe was it then reckened? When he was in the circumcision? or whe he was in the vncircumcision? Not in the circumcision: but in vncircumcision.

  • Rom 4:22
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    22And therfore was it reckened to hym for righteousnes.

  • Rom 4:12
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    12And that he myght be father of circumcision, not vnto them only whiche came of the circumcised: but vnto them also that walke in the steppes of the fayth that was in our father Abraham, before the time of circumcision.

  • Rom 3:28
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    28Therfore, we holde that a man is iustified by fayth, without the deedes of the lawe.

  • Rom 9:10
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    10Not only this, but also Rebecca was with chylde by one euen by our father Isaac.

  • Gen 21:5
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    5And Abraham was an hundreth yere olde, when his sonne Isahac was borne vnto him.

  • Jas 2:14
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    14What profiteth it my brethren, though a man say he hath fayth, and hath not deedes? Can fayth saue hym?

  • Gal 3:9
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    9So then, they which be of fayth, are blessed with the faythfull Abraham.

  • Gen 15:6
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    6And Abram beleued the Lord, & that counted he to hym for righteousnesse.

  • Rom 4:16-17
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    16Therefore by fayth is the inheritaunce geuen that it might come by grace, that the promise myght be sure to all ye seede, not to that only which is of the lawe, but to that also which is of the fayth of Abraham, which is the father of vs al.

    17(As it is written, that I haue made thee a father of many nations) before God, whom he beleued, which restoreth the dead vnto life, and calleth those thynges whiche be not, as though they were.

  • Gen 22:13
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    13And Abraham lifting vp his eyes, looked: and beholde, behynde hym there was a Ramme caught by the hornes in a thicket: and Abraham went & tooke the Ramme, and offered hym vp for a burnt offering in the steade of his sonne.

  • Gal 2:16
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    16Knowe that a man is not iustified by the deedes of the lawe, but by the fayth of Iesus Christe: And we haue beleued on Iesus Christ, that we might be iustified by the fayth of Christe, and not by the deedes of the lawe, because by the deedes of the lawe no fleshe shalbe iustified.

  • Heb 11:4
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    4By fayth Abel offered vnto God a more excellent sacrifice then Cain: by whiche he was witnessed to be ryghteous, God testifiyng of his gyftes: by which also he beyng dead, yet speaketh.

  • Heb 11:8
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    8By fayth Abraham when he was called, obeyed, to go out into a place whiche he shoulde afterwarde receaue to inheritaunce: and he went out, not knowyng whyther he shoulde go.