James 2:21

Geneva Bible (1560)

Was not Abraham our father iustified through workes, when he offred Isaac his sonne vpon the altar?

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  • Gen 22:16-18 : 16 And saide, By my selfe haue I sworne (saith ye Lord) because thou hast done this thing, and hast not spared thine onely sonne, 17 Therefore will I surely blesse thee, and will greatly multiplie thy seede, as the starres of the heauen, and as the sand which is vpon the sea shore, and thy seede shall possesse the gate of his enemies. 18 And in thy seede shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because thou hast obeyed my voyce.
  • Gen 22:9-9 : 9 And when they came to the place which God had shewed him, Abraham builded an altar there, & couched ye wood, and bound Izhak his sonne and laid him on the altar vpon the wood. 10 And Abraham stretching forth his hand, tooke the knife to kill his sonne. 11 But the Angel of the Lord called vnto him from heauen, saying, Abraham, Abraham; he answered, Here am I. 12 Then he said, Lay not thine hand vpon the childe, neither doe any thing vnto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing for my sake thou hast not spared thine onely sonne.
  • Josh 24:3 : 3 And I tooke your father Abraham from beyond the flood, and brought him through all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seede, and gaue him Izhak.
  • Ps 143:2 : 2 (And enter not into iudgement with thy seruant: for in thy sight shall none that liueth, be iustified)
  • Isa 51:2 : 2 Consider Abraham your father, and Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.
  • Matt 3:9 : 9 And thinke not to say with your selues, We haue Abraham to our father: for I say vnto you, that God is able euen of these stones to raise vp children vnto Abraham.
  • Matt 12:37 : 37 For by thy wordes thou shalt be iustified, and by thy wordes thou shalt be condemned.
  • Matt 25:31-40 : 31 And when the Sonne of man commeth in his glory, and all the holy Angels with him, then shall he sit vpon the throne of his glorie, 32 And before him shalbe gathered all nations, & he shal seperate them one from another, as a shepheard separateth the sheepe from ye goates. 33 And he shall set the sheepe on his right hand, and the goates on the left. 34 Then shall ye king say to them on his right hand, Come ye blessed of my father: take the inheritance of the kingdome prepared for you from the foundation of the world. 35 For I was an hungred, and ye gaue me meate: I thirsted, and ye gaue me drinke: I was a stranger, and ye tooke me in vnto you. 36 I was naked, & ye clothed me: I was sicke, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came vnto me. 37 Then shall the righteous answere him, saying, Lord, when sawe we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or a thirst, and gaue thee drinke? 38 And when sawe we thee a stranger, and tooke thee in vnto vs? or naked, & clothed thee? 39 Or when sawe we thee sicke, or in prison, and came vnto thee? 40 And the King shall answere, and say vnto them, Verely I say vnto you, in as much as ye haue done it vnto one of the least of these my brethre, ye haue done it to me.
  • Luke 1:73 : 73 And the othe which he sware to our father Abraham.
  • Luke 16:24 : 24 Then he cried, and saide, Father Abraham, haue mercie on mee, and sende Lazarus that hee may dippe the tip of his finger in water, & coole my tongue: for I am tormented in this flame.
  • Luke 16:30 : 30 And he sayde, Nay, father Abraham: but if one came vnto them from the dead, they will amend their liues.
  • John 8:39 : 39 They answered, and saide vnto him, Abraham is our father. Iesus said vnto them, If ye were Abrahams children, ye woulde doe the workes of Abraham.
  • John 8:53 : 53 Art thou greater then our father Abraham, which is dead? and the Prophets are dead: whome makest thou thy selfe?
  • Acts 7:2 : 2 And he sayd, Ye men, brethren and Fathers, hearken. That God of glory appeared vnto our father Abraham, while he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,
  • Rom 3:20 : 20 Therefore by the woorkes of the Lawe shall no flesh be iustified in his sight: for by the Lawe commeth the knowledge of sinne.
  • Rom 4:1 : 1 What shal we say then, that Abraham our father hath found concerning the flesh?
  • Rom 4:12 : 12 And the father of circumcision, not vnto them onely which are of the circumcision, but vnto them also that walke in the steppes of the faith of our father Abraham, which he had when he was vncircumcised.
  • Rom 4:16 : 16 Therefore it is by faith, that it might come by grace, and the promise might be sure to all the seede, not to that onely which is of the Lawe: but also to that which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of vs all,
  • Jas 2:18 : 18 But some man might say, Thou hast the faith, and I haue woorkes: shewe me thy faith out of thy woorkes, and I will shewe thee my faith by my woorkes.
  • Jas 2:24 : 24 Ye see then howe that of workes a man is iustified, and not of faith onely.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Jas 2:22-26
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    22Seest thou not that the faith wrought with his workes? and through the workes was the faith made perfect.

    23And the Scripture was fulfilled which sayeth, Abraham beleeued God, and it was imputed vnto him for righteousnesse: and hee was called the friende of God.

    24Ye see then howe that of workes a man is iustified, and not of faith onely.

    25Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot iustified through workes, when she had receiued ye messengers, & sent them out another way?

    26For as the body without ye spirit is dead, euen so the faith without workes is dead.

  • Rom 4:1-6
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    1What shal we say then, that Abraham our father hath found concerning the flesh?

    2For if Abraham were iustified by workes, he hath wherein to reioyce, but not with God.

    3For what saith the Scripture? Abraham beleeued God, and it was counted to him for righteousnesse.

    4Nowe to him that worketh, the wages is not counted by fauour, but by dette:

    5But to him that worketh not, but beleeueth in him that iustifieth the vngodly, his faith is counted for righteousnesse.

    6Euen as Dauid declareth the blessednesse of the man, vnto whom God imputeth righteousnes without workes, saying,

  • Jas 2:20
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    20But wilt thou vnderstand, O thou vaine man, that the faith which is without workes, is dead?

  • Heb 11:17-18
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    17By faith Abraham offered vp Isaac, when he was tryed, and he that had receiued the promises, offered his onely begotten sonne.

    18(To whom it was said, In Isaac shall thy seede be called.)

  • Gal 3:6-7
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    6Yea rather as Abraham beleeued God, and it was imputed to him for righteousnes.

    7Knowe ye therefore, that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.

  • Gen 22:6-10
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    6Then Abraham tooke the wood of the burnt offering, and layed it vpon Izhak his sonne, and he tooke the fire in his hand, and the knife: and they went both together.

    7Then spake Izhak vnto Abraham his father, and said, My father; he answered, Here am I, my sonne; he said, Behold the fire & the wood, but where is the lambe for ye burnt offring?

    8Then Abraham answered, My sonne, God will prouide him a lambe for a burnt offering: so they went both together.

    9And when they came to the place which God had shewed him, Abraham builded an altar there, & couched ye wood, and bound Izhak his sonne and laid him on the altar vpon the wood.

    10And Abraham stretching forth his hand, tooke the knife to kill his sonne.

  • Jas 2:17-18
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    17Euen so the faith, if it haue no woorkes, is dead in it selfe.

    18But some man might say, Thou hast the faith, and I haue woorkes: shewe me thy faith out of thy woorkes, and I will shewe thee my faith by my woorkes.

  • Gen 22:1-2
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    1And after these things God did proue Abraham, and said vnto him, Abraham. Who answered, Here am I.

    2And he said, Take nowe thine onely sonne Izhak whom thou louest, and get thee vnto the land of Moriah, and offer him there for a burnt offering vpon one of the mountaines, which I will shewe thee.

  • Rom 4:9-10
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    9Came this blessednesse then vpon the circumcision onely, or vpon the vncircumcision also? For we say, that faith was imputed vnto Abraham for righteousnesse.

    10Howe was it then imputed? when he was circumcised, or vncircumcised? not when he was cricumcised, but when he was vncircumcised.

  • Rom 4:22
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    22And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousnesse.

  • Rom 4:12
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    12And the father of circumcision, not vnto them onely which are of the circumcision, but vnto them also that walke in the steppes of the faith of our father Abraham, which he had when he was vncircumcised.

  • Rom 3:28
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    28Therefore we conclude, that a man is iustified by faith, without the workes of the Lawe.

  • Rom 9:10
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    10Neither he onely felt this, but also Rebecca when shee had conceiued by one, euen by our father Isaac.

  • Gen 21:5
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    5So Abraham was an hundreth yeere olde, when his sonne Izhak was borne vnto him.

  • Jas 2:14
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    14What auaileth it, my brethren, though a man saith he hath faith, when he hath no workes? can that 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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    6And Abram beleeued the Lorde, and he counted that to him for righteousnesse.

  • Rom 4:16-17
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    16Therefore it is by faith, that it might come by grace, and the promise might be sure to all the seede, not to that onely which is of the Lawe: but also to that which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of vs all,

    17(As it is written, I haue made thee a father of many nations) euen before God whom he beleeued, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those thinges which be not, as though they were.

  • Gen 22:13
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    13And Abraham lifting vp his eyes, looked: and behold, there was a ramme behind him caught by the hornes in a bush. then Abraham went and tooke the ramme, and offered him 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 works of the Law, but by ye faith of Iesus Christ, euen we, I say, haue beleeued in Iesus Christ, that we might be iustified by the faith of Christ, & not by the workes of the Lawe, because that by the workes of the Lawe, no flesh shalbe iustified.

  • Heb 11:4
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    4By faith Abel offered vnto God a greater sacrifice then Cain, by the which he obtained witnes that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: by the which faith also he being dead, yet speaketh.

  • Heb 11:8
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    8By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed God, to goe out into a place, which hee should afterward receiue for inheritance, and he went out, not knowing whither he went.