James 2:21

New Messianic Version Bible

Was not Avraham [Exalted Father] our father justified by works, when he had offered Yitz’khak [Laughter] his son upon the altar?

Cross References

John 8:39

They answered and said unto him, Avraham [Exalted Father] is our father. Yeshua [God is Salvation] says unto them, If you2f were Avraham [Exalted Father]’s [Exalted Father] children, you2f would do the works of Avraham [Exalted Father].

Romans 4:16

Therefore [it is] of faith, that [it might be] by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Avraham [Exalted Father]; who is the father of us all,

Matthew 12:37

“According to your words you will be judged and according to your deeds you will be convicted”.

James 2:24

You2f see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.

James 2:18

Yes, a man may say, youi have faith, and I have works: show me youri faith without youri works, and I will show youi my faith by my works.

Romans 4:12

And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Avraham [Exalted Father], which [he had] being [yet] uncircumcised.

Romans 4:1

What shall we say then that Avraham [Exalted Father] our father, as pertaining to the flesh, has found?

Romans 3:20

Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law [is] the knowledge of sin.

Acts 7:2

And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God-The Father of glory appeared unto our father Avraham [Exalted Father], when he was in Aram [Elevated Between the Two Rivers] before he dwelt in Haran [a mountaineer],

John 8:53

Are youi greater than our father Avraham [Exalted Father], which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makes youi yourself?

Luke 16:30

And he said, No, father Avraham [Exalted Father]: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.

Luke 16:24

And he cried and said, Father Avraham [Exalted Father], have mercy on me, and send El’azar [whom God helps], that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.

Luke 1:73

The oath which he swore to our father Avraham [Exalted Father],

Matthew 3:9

“Do not say in your heart: ‘Avraham [Exalted Father] is our father’. Truly I say to you that Elohim (The Many Powered) [The Living Word of God] is able to raise up children to Avraham [Exalted Father] from these stones”.

Isaiah 51:2

Look unto Avraham [Exalted Father] your father, and unto Serach [The Prince Breathed] [that] bore you: for I called him alone, and Blessed (Favored by God; happy; prosperous) him, and increased him.

Psalm 143:2

And enter not into judgment with youri servant: for in youri sight shall no man living be justified.

Joshua 24:3

And I took your father Avraham [Exalted Father] from the other side of the flood, and led him throughout all the land of Kena’an [Merchant], and multiplied his seed, and gave him Yitz’khak [Laughter].

Hebrews 11:17

By faith Avraham [Exalted Father], when he was tried, offered up Yitz’khak [Laughter]: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten [son],