James 2:21-26

International Standard Version

²¹ Our ancestor Abraham was justified by his actions when he offered his son Isaac on the altar, wasn’t he? ²² You^[a] see that his faith worked together with what he did, and by his actions his faith was made complete. ²³ And so the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”^[b] And so he was called God’s friend. ²⁴ You^[c] observe that a person is justified through actions and not through faith alone. ²⁵ Likewise, Rahab the prostitute was justified through actions when she welcomed the messengers^[d] and sent them away on a different road, wasn’t she? ²⁶ For just as the body without the spirit^[e] is dead, so faith without actions is also dead.