James 2:21

Coverdale Bible (1535)

Was not Abraham oure father iustified thorow workes when he offered Isaac his sonne vpon the aulter?

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  • Gen 22:16-18 : 16 and sayde: I haue sworen by myne owne self (sayeth the LORDE) that for so moch as thou hast done this, and hast not spared thine onely sonne, 17 I wyll prospere and multiplye thy sede as the starres of heauen, and as the sonde vpon the see shore. And thy sede shall possesse the gates of his enemies: 18 and in thy sede shal all the nacions of the earth be blessed, because thou hast herkened vnto my voyce.
  • Gen 22:9-9 : 9 And whan they came to the place which God shewed him, Abraham buylded there an altare, and layed the wodd vpon it, and bande his sonne Isaac, layed him on the altare, aboue vpo the wodd, 10 and stretched out his hande, and toke the knyfe, to haue slayne his sonne. 11 Then the angell of the LORDE called from heauen vnto him, and sayde: Abraham Abraham. He answered: here am I. 12 He sayde: Laye not thy handes vpon the childe, & do nothinge vnto him: for now I knowe that thou fearest God, and hast not spared thine onely sonne for my sake.
  • Josh 24:3 : 3 Then toke I yor father Abraham beyonde the water, & caused him to walke in the londe of Canaan, & multiplied his sede, and gaue him Isaac,
  • Ps 143:2 : 2 And entre not in to iudgment with thy seruaunt, for in thy sight shal no man lyuynge be iustified.
  • Isa 51:2 : 2 Considre Abraham youre father, & Sara that bare you: how that I called him alone, prospered him wel, & encreased him:
  • Matt 3:9 : 9 Thinke not now, to saye in your selues, we haue Abraham to oure father. For I saye vnto you, that God is able of these stones to rayse vp chyldren vnto Abraham.
  • Matt 12:37 : 37 Out of thy wordes thou shalt be iustified, & out of thy wordes thou shalt be codemned.
  • Matt 25:31-40 : 31 But whan the sonne of man shal come in his glory, and all holy angels with him, then shal he syt vpon the seate of his glory. 32 And all people shalbe gathered before him: and he shal separate them one from another as a shepherde deuydeth the shepe from ye goates. 33 And he shal set ye shepe on his right honde, and the goates on the lefte. 34 Then shal the kynge saye vnto them that shalbe on his right honde: Come hither ye blessed of my father, inheret ye ye kingdome, which is prepared for you from the begynnynge of the worlde. 35 For I was hongrie, and ye gaue me meate: I was thirstie, and ye gaue me drynke: I was harbourlesse, and ye lodged me: 36 I was naked, & ye clothed me: I was sicke, and ye vysited me: I was in preson, and ye came vnto me. 37 Then shal the righteous answere him, & saye: LORDE, whe sawe we the hogrie, and fed the? Or thirstie, and gaue the drynke? 38 When sawe we the herbourlesse, and lodged the? Or naked, and clothed ye? 39 Or whe sawe we ye sicke or in preson, and came vnto the? 40 And the kynge shal answer and saye vnto them: Verely I saye vnto you: Loke what ye haue done vnto one of the least of these my brethren, the same haue ye done vnto me.
  • Luke 1:73 : 73 Euen the ooth yt he sware vnto oure father Abraham,
  • Luke 16:24 : 24 and he cried, and sayde: Father Abraham, haue mercy vpon me, and sende Lazarus, that he maye dyppe the typpe of his fynger in water, & coole my tonge, for I am tormeted in this flame.
  • Luke 16:30 : 30 But he sayde: Nay father Abraham, but yf one wente vnto them fro the deed, they wolde do pennaunce.
  • John 8:39 : 39 They answered, and sayde vnto him: Abraham is oure father. Iesus sayde vnto them: Yf ye were Abrahams children, ye wolde do the dedes of Abraham.
  • John 8:53 : 53 Art thou greater then oure father Abraham? which is deed, and the prophetes are deed? Who makest thou thy self?
  • Acts 7:2 : 2 He sayde: Deare brethren and fathers, herken to, The God of glorye appeared vnto or father Abraha, whyle he was yet in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran,
  • Rom 3:20 : 20 because yt by ye dedes of the lawe no flesh maye be iustified in his sighte. For by the lawe commeth but the knowlege of synne.
  • Rom 4:1 : 1 What shal we saye the, that Abraha or father as pertayninge to ye flesh dyd fynde?
  • Rom 4:12 : 12 & that he might be a father of circumcision, not onely of the that are of ye circumcision, but of them also that walke in the fotesteppes of the faith, which was in the vncircumcision of oure father Abraham.
  • Rom 4:16 : 16 Therfore was the promes made thorow fayth, that it myght come off fauoure, wherby the promesse myghte be made sure vnto all the sede: not onely vnto him which is off the lawe, but also vnto him that is of the faith of Abraha which is the father of vs all.
  • Jas 2:18 : 18 Ye & a man might saye: Thou hast faith, and I haue dedes: Shewe me thy faith by thy dedes: and I wil shewe the my faith by my dedes.
  • Jas 2:24 : 24 Ye se then how that of dedes a man is iustified, and not of faith only

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Jas 2:22-26
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    22Thou seist how yt faith wrought with his dedes, and through ye dedes was the faith made perfect:

    23& the scripture was fulfilled which faith: Abraha beleued God and it was reputed vnto him for rightewesnes: and he was called ye frende of God.

    24Ye se then how that of dedes a man is iustified, and not of faith only

    25Likewise also was not Raab the harlot iustified thorow workes, when she receaued the messengers, and sent them out another waye?

    26For as the body, with oute the sprete is deed, euen so faith wt out dedes is deed.

  • Rom 4:1-6
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    1What shal we saye the, that Abraha or father as pertayninge to ye flesh dyd fynde?

    2This we saye: Yf Abraham were made righteous thorow workes, then hath he wherin to reioyse, but not before God.

    3But what sayeth ye scripture? Abraha belened God, & yt was counted vnto him for righteousnes.

    4Vnto hi yt goeth aboute wt workes, is the rewarde not rekened of fauoure, but of dutye:

    5owbeit vnto him, yt goeth not aboute with workes, but beleueth on him yt iustifieth the vngodly, is his faith counted for righteousnes.

    6Euen as Dauid sayeth also, that blessednes is onely that mans, vnto who God counteth righteousnes without addinge to of workes, where he sayeth:

  • Jas 2:20
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    20Wilt thou vnderstode o thou vayne man that faith with out dedes is deed:

  • Heb 11:17-18
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    17By faith Abraha offered vp Isaac, wha he was tempted, and gaue ouer his onely begotten sonne, in whom he had receaued the promyses,

    18of whom it was sayde: In Isaac shal thy sede be called:

  • Gal 3:6-7
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    6Euen as Abraha beleued God, and it was counted vnto him for righteousnes.

    7Thus ye knowe, that they which are of faith, are Abrahams children.

  • Gen 22:6-10
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    74%

    6And Abraha toke the wodd to the brentofferynge, and layed it vpon Isaac his sonne. As for him self, he toke the fyre and a knyfe in his hande, and wente on both together.

    7Then sayde Isaac vnto his father Abraham: My father. Abraham answered: here I am, my sonne. And he sayde: lo, here is fyre and wodd, but where is the shepe for the brentofferynge?

    8Abraham answered: My sonne, God shall prouyde him a shepe for the brentofferynge. And they wente both together.

    9And whan they came to the place which God shewed him, Abraham buylded there an altare, and layed the wodd vpon it, and bande his sonne Isaac, layed him on the altare, aboue vpo the wodd,

    10and stretched out his hande, and toke the knyfe, to haue slayne his sonne.

  • Jas 2:17-18
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    17Euen so faith, yf it haue no dedes, is deed in it selfe.

    18Ye & a man might saye: Thou hast faith, and I haue dedes: Shewe me thy faith by thy dedes: and I wil shewe the my faith by my dedes.

  • Gen 22:1-2
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    72%

    1After these actes God tempted Abraham, and sayde vnto him: Abraham. And he answered: I am here.

    2And he sayde: Take ye sonne, this onely sonne of thine, eue Isaac whom thou louest, and go thy waye in to the londe of Moria, & offre him there for a burntofferynge, vpon a mountayne that I shal shew the.

  • Rom 4:9-10
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    9Now this blessednes, goeth it ouer the circucision, or ouer the vncircumcision? We must nedes graunte, yt Abrahas faith was couted vnto hi for righteousnes.

    10How was it the rekened vnto him? In the circucision, or in the vncircumcision? Doutles not in the circucision, but in the vncircumcision.

  • Rom 4:22
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    22And therfore was it rekened vnto him for righteousnes.

  • Rom 4:12
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    12& that he might be a father of circumcision, not onely of the that are of ye circumcision, but of them also that walke in the fotesteppes of the faith, which was in the vncircumcision of oure father Abraham.

  • Rom 3:28
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    28We holde therfore that a man is iustified by faith, without the workes of the lawe.

  • Rom 9:10
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    10Howbeit it is not so with this onely, but also whan Rebecca was with childe by one (namely by oure father Isaac)

  • Gen 21:5
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    5An hundreth yeare olde was Abraha, whan his sonne Isaac was borne vnto him.

  • Jas 2:14
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    14What a vayleth it my brethre, though a man saye he hath faith, when he hath no dedes? Can faith saue him?

  • Gal 3:9
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    9So then they which be of faith, are blessed with faithfull Abraham.

  • Gen 15:6
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    6Abram beleued the LORDE, and yt was counted vnto him for righteousnes.

  • Rom 4:16-17
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    16Therfore was the promes made thorow fayth, that it myght come off fauoure, wherby the promesse myghte be made sure vnto all the sede: not onely vnto him which is off the lawe, but also vnto him that is of the faith of Abraha which is the father of vs all.

    17As it is wrytten: I haue made the a father of many Heythe before God, whom thou hast beleued: which quyckeneth the deed, and calleth it which is not, that it maye be.

  • Gen 22:13
    69%

    13Then Abraham lift vp his eyes, and sawe behynde him a ramme, holde fast by the hornes in the breres, and wente, and toke the ramme, and offred him for a brent sacrifice, in steade of his sonne.

  • Gal 2:16
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    16yet (in so moch as we knowe, that a man is not made righteous by the dedes off the lawe, but by the faith on Iesus Christ) we haue beleued also on Iesus Christ, yt we might be made righteous by the faith of Christ, and not by the dedes of the lawe, because that by the dedes of the lawe no flesh shal be iustified.

  • Heb 11:4
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    4By faith offered Abell vnto God a more plenteous sacrifice: by the which he optayned wytnesse, that he was righteous: God testifyenge of his giftes, by the which also he beynge deed, yet speaketh.

  • Heb 11:8
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    8By faith Abraham (wha he was called) obeyed, to go out in to the place, which he shulde afterwarde receaue to inheritaunce: and he wente out, not knowynge whither he shulde go.