James 2:21

Easy To Read Version

Abraham {\cf2\super [10]} is our father {\cf2\super [11]} . Abraham was made right with God by the things he did. He offered (gave) his son Isaac to God on the altar. {\cf2\super [12]}

Cross References

Psalm 143:2

Don’t judge me, your servant.\par Never, in all my life, could I ever be judged innocent.\par

Isaiah 51:2

Abraham is your father, and you should look at him. You should look at Sarah—the woman that gave birth to you. Abraham was alone when I called him. Then I blessed him, and he began a great family. Many, many people came from him.”

Matthew 12:37

The words you have said will be used to judge you. Some of your words will make you right, but some of your words will make you guilty.”

Matthew 3:9

And don’t think that you can boast and say to yourselves, ‘Abraham {\cf2\super [39]} is our father.’ I tell you that God could make children for Abraham from these rocks here.

Luke 1:73

God made a promise to Abraham, {\cf2\super [24]} \par our father.\par God promised to free us from the\par

Luke 16:24

He called, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me! Send Lazarus to me so that he can dip his finger in water and cool my tongue. I am suffering in this fire!’

Luke 16:30

But the rich man said, ‘No, father Abraham! But if someone came to them from the dead, then they would change their hearts and lives.’

John 8:39

The Jews said, “Our father {\cf2\super [138]} is Abraham. {\cf2\super [139]} ”

John 8:53

All the Jewish leaders left and went home.

Acts 7:2

Stephen answered, “My Jewish fathers and brothers, listen to me. Our glorious God appeared to Abraham, our ancestor. Abraham was in Mesopotamia. This was before he lived in Haran.

Romans 3:20

Why? Because no person can be made right with God by following the law. The law only shows us our sin.

Romans 4:1

So what can we say about Abraham, {\cf2\super [32]} the father of our people? What did he learn about faith?

Romans 4:12

And Abraham is also the father of people that have been circumcised. But it is not their circumcision that makes Abraham their father. He is their father only if they live following the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.

Romans 4:16

So people get God’s promise by having faith. This happens so that the promise can be a free gift. And if the promise is a free gift, then all of Abraham’s {\cf2\super [42]} people can have that promise. The promise is not only for those people that live under the law \{of Moses\}. The promise is for any person that lives with faith like Abraham. Abraham is the father of us all.

James 2:18

A person might say, “You have faith, but I do things. Show me your faith! Your faith does nothing. I will show you my faith by the things I do.”

James 2:24

So you see that a person is made right with God by the things he does. He cannot be made right by faith only.

Joshua 24:3

But I, the Lord, took your father Abraham out of the land on the other side of the River. I led him through the land of Canaan and gave him many, many children. I gave Abraham his son named Isaac.