¹² He said, “Do not lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him, for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me.”^(A)

²¹ Was not our ancestor Abraham justified by works when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?^{(A) 22} You see that faith was active along with his works, and by works faith was brought to completion.^(B)

²² And Samuel said,

¹⁸ But someone will say, “You have faith, and I have works.” Show me your faith apart from works, and I by my works will show you faith.^(A)

⁵ because Abraham obeyed my voice and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.”

¹² For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what one does not have.^(A)

¹³ No testing has overtaken you that is not common to everyone. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tested beyond your strength, but with the testing he will also provide the way out so that you may be able to endure it.^(A)

³² He who did not withhold his own Son but gave him up for all of us, how will he not with him also give us everything else?

⁸ But God proves his love for us in that while we still were sinners Christ died for us.^(A)

³¹ Meanwhile the church throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace and was built up. Living in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, it increased in numbers.^(A)