For by thy words thou shalt be justified, or by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
James 2:21 - Wesley's New Testament 1755 Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered up Isaac his son upon the altar? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Was not our forefather Abraham [shown to be] justified (made acceptable to God) by [his] works when he brought to the altar as an offering his [own] son Isaac? [Gen. 22:1-14.] American Standard Version (1901) Was not Abraham our father justified by works, in that he offered up Isaac his son upon the altar? Common English Bible What about Abraham, our father? Wasn’t he shown to be righteous through his actions when he offered his son Isaac on the altar? Catholic Public Domain Version Was not our father Abraham justified by means of works, by offering his son Isaac upon the altar? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Was not Abraham our father justified by works, offering up Isaac his son upon the altar? |
For by thy words thou shalt be justified, or by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
And say not within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father; for I say to you, God is able of these stones to raise up children to Abraham.
And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.
And he said, Nay, father Abraham; but if one go to them from the dead, they will repent.
They answered and said to him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith to them, If ye were the children of Abraham, ye would do the works of Abraham.
Art thou greater than our father Abraham, who is dead? The prophets also are dead.
The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham, being in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran, And said to him,
Therefore no flesh shall be justified in his sight by the works of the law; for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
What shall we say then? That our father Abraham hath found according to the flesh?
And the father of the circumcision, to them who not only are of the circumcision, but also walk in the footsteps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had in uncircumcision.
Therefore it is of faith, that it might be of grace, that the promise might be firm to all the seed; not only to that which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all, (As it is written,
By faith Abraham, being tried, offered up Isaac, and he that had received the promises, offered up his only begotten son:
But one will say, Thou hast faith, and I have works. Shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.
Ye see then, that a man is justified by works, and not by faith only.