James 2
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James 2:20-23

20But are you willing to acknowledge, 1you foolish person, that 2faith without works is useless?

213Was our father Abraham not justified by works when he offered up his son Isaac on the altar?

22You see that 4faith was working with his works, and 5as a result of the 6works, faith was 7perfected;

23and the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “8And Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called a 9friend of God.

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Notes

  1. 1. James 2:20 Rom 9:20; 1 Cor 15:36 ↩
  2. 2. James 2:20 Gal 5:6; James 2:17, 26 ↩
  3. 3. James 2:21 Gen 22:9, 10, 12, 16-18 ↩
  4. 4. James 2:22 John 6:29; Heb 11:17 ↩
  5. 5. James 2:22 Or by the deeds ↩
  6. 6. James 2:22 1 Thess 1:3 ↩
  7. 7. James 2:22 Or completed ↩
  8. 8. James 2:23 Gen 15:6; Rom 4:3 ↩
  9. 9. James 2:23 2 Chr 20:7; Is 41:8 ↩

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