James 2:21

Twentieth Century New Testament 1904

Look at our ancestor, Abraham. Was not it the result of his actions that he was pronounced righteous after he had offered his son, Isaac, on the altar?

Cross References

Matthew 12:37

For it is by your words that you will be acquitted, and by your words that you will be condemned."

Matthew 3:9

And do not think that you can say among yourselves 'Abraham is our ancestor,' for I tell you that out of these very stones God is able to raise descendants for Abraham!

Luke 1:73

This was the oath which he swore to our forefather Abraham--

Luke 16:24

So he called out 'Pity me, Father Abraham, and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am suffering agony in this flame.'

Luke 16:30

'But, Father Abraham,' he urged, 'if some one from the dead were to go to them, they would repent.'

John 8:39

"Our father is Abraham," was their answer. "If you are Abraham's children," replied Jesus, "do what Abraham did.

John 8:53

Are you greater than our ancestor Abraham, who died? And the Prophets died too. Whom do you make yourself out to be?"

Acts 7:2

And, upon that, Stephen spoke as follows: "Brothers and Fathers, hear what I have to say. God, who manifests himself in the Glory, appeared to our ancestor Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, and before he settled in Haran, and said to him--

Romans 3:20

For 'no human being will be pronounced righteous before God' as the result of obedience to Law; for it is Law that shows what sin is.

Romans 4:1

What then, it may be asked, are we to say about Abraham, the ancestor of our nation?

Romans 4:12

As well as father of the circumcised-to those who are not only circumcised, but who also follow our father Abraham in that faith which he had while still uncircumcised.

Romans 4:16

That is why all is made to depend upon faith, that all may be God's gift, and in order that the fulfillment of the promise may be made certain for all Abraham's descendants-not only for those who take their stand on the Law, but also for those who take their stand on the faith of Abraham. (He is the Father of us all;

Hebrews 11:17

It was faith that enabled Abraham, when put to the test, to offer Isaac as a sacrifice--he who had received the promises offering up his only son,

James 2:18

Some one, indeed, may say--"You are a man of faith, and I am a man of action." "Then show me your faith," I reply, "apart from any actions, and I will show you my faith by my actions."

James 2:24

You see, then, that it is as the result of his actions that a man is pronounced righteous, and not of his faith only.