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20 You are foolish! Believing is no good if it does not do anything good. Do you want to know that for sure?

21 Look at Abraham. God called our father Abraham a good man. This was because he gave his son Isaac to God on the holy table for a sacrifice.

22 You can see he believed. His faith and the things he did worked together. His believing was made all right because he did something.

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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