James 2:21
Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?
KJV
Ἀβραὰμ ὁ πατὴρ ἡμῶν οὐκ ἐξ ἔργων ἐδικαιώθη, ἀνενέγκας Ἰσαὰκ τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριον;
Greek NT
Abraham pater noster nonne ex operibus justificatus est, offerens Isaac filium suum super altare ?
Vulgate
Was not Abraham our father justified by works, in that he offered up Isaac his son upon the altar?
ASV
Was not Abraham our father justified by works, offering up Isaac his son upon the altar?
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δικαιόω
dikaioo
verb · 39×
θυσιαστήριον
thusiasterion
noun · 23×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
πατήρ
pater
noun · 412×
υἱός
uios
noun · 375×
ἀναφέρω
anaphero
verb · 8×
Ἀβραάμ
abraam
noun · 73×
ἐκ
ek
preposition · 915×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
ἔργον
ergon
noun · 169×
ἡμεῖς
emeis
pronoun · 862×
Ἰσαάκ
isaak
noun · 20×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§162Faith is an entirely free gift that God makes to man. We can lose this priceless gift, as St. Paul indicated to St. Timothy: "Wage the good warfare, holding faith and a good conscience. By rejecting conscience, certain persons have made shipwreck of their faith."44 To live, grow and persevere in the faith until the end we must nourish it with the word of God; we must beg the Lo…
And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham. This is the most severe trial of faith recorded in Scripture. Abraham was commanded to sacrifice his only son — the son of promise, in whom all the promises of God were concentrated. His obedience was not blind or irrational, but rested on the persuasion that God could raise Isaac from the dead. The ram provide…
Cross-references
- 1Cor 6:11 — And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
- Gen 22:1 — And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.
- Gen 22:9 — And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.
- Gen 22:9 — And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.
- Gen 22:10 — And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.
- Gen 22:12 — And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.
- Gen 22:16 — And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son:
- Gen 26:5 — Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
- Heb 11:17 — By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,
- Jas 2:24 — Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.
- John 8:39 — They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham’s children, ye would do the works of Abraham.
- Luke 18:14 — I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
- Matt 1:24 — Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife:
- Matt 12:37 — For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
- Rom 2:13 — (For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.
- Rom 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 Abraham; who
- Song 1:8 — If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds’ tents.