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22 So you see that Abraham’s faith and the things he did worked together. His faith was made perfect by what he did. 23 This shows the full meaning of the Scripture that says: “Abraham believed God, and God accepted Abraham’s faith, and that faith made him right with God.”[a] And Abraham was called God’s friend.[b] 24 So you see that people are made right with God by what they do, not by faith only.

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Footnotes

  1. 2:23 “Abraham . . . God.” Quotation from Genesis 15:6.
  2. 2:23 God’s friend These words about Abraham are found in 2 Chronicles 20:7 and Isaiah 41:8.

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