20 But do you want to know, O foolish person, that faith apart from works is useless? 21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he[a] offered up his son Isaac on the altar? 22 You see that faith was working together with his works, and by the works the faith was perfected.

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  1. James 2:21 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“offered up”) which is understood as temporal

20 You foolish person, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is useless[a]?(A) 21 Was not our father Abraham considered righteous for what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?(B) 22 You see that his faith and his actions were working together,(C) and his faith was made complete by what he did.(D)

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  1. James 2:20 Some early manuscripts dead