James 2:21

Bible in Basic English 1965

Was not the righteousness of Abraham our father judged by his works, when he made an offering of Isaac his son on the altar?

Cross References

Psalm 143:2

Let not your servant come before you to be judged; for no man living is upright in your eyes.

Isaiah 51:2

Let your thoughts be turned to Abraham, your father, and to Sarah, who gave you birth: for when he was but one, my voice came to him, and I gave him my blessing, and made him a great people.

Matthew 12:37

For by your words will your righteousness be seen, and by your words you will be judged.

Matthew 3:9

And say not to yourselves, We have Abraham for our father; because I say to you that God is able from these stones to make children for Abraham.

Luke 1:73

The oath which he made to Abraham, our father,

Luke 16:24

And he gave a cry and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus, so that he may put the end of his finger in water and put it on my tongue, for I am cruelly burning in this flame.

Luke 16:30

And he said, No, father Abraham, but if someone went to them from the dead, their hearts would be changed.

John 8:39

In answer they said to him, Our father is Abraham. Jesus said to them, If you were Abraham's children you would do what Abraham did.

John 8:53

Are you greater than our father Abraham, who is dead? and the prophets are dead: who do you say that you are?

Acts 7:2

And he said, My brothers and fathers, give hearing. The God of glory came to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he was living in Haran,

Romans 3:20

Because by the works of the law no man is able to have righteousness in his eyes, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

Romans 4:1

What, then, may we say that Abraham, our father after the flesh, has got?

Romans 4:12

And the father of circumcision to those who not only are of the circumcision, but who keep to the way of that faith which our father Abraham had before he underwent circumcision.

Romans 4:16

For this reason it is of faith, so that it may be through grace; and so that the word of God may be certain to all the seed; not only to that which is of the law, but to that which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,

Hebrews 11:17

By faith Abraham made an offering of Isaac, when he was tested: and he with whom the agreement had been made gave up as an offering the only son of his body,

James 2:18

But a man may say, You have faith and I have works; let me see your faith without your works, and I will make my faith clear to you by my works.

James 2:24

You see that a man's righteousness is judged by his works and not by his faith only.

Joshua 24:3

And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the River, guiding him through all the land of Canaan; I made his offspring great in number, and gave him Isaac.