James 2:21
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Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?
Was not Abraham our father justified by works, in that he offered up Isaac his son upon the altar?
Was our father Abraham not [shown to be] justified by works [of obedience which expressed his faith] when he offered Isaac his son on the altar [as a sacrifice to God]?
Was not our forefather Abraham [shown to be] justified (made acceptable to God) by [his] works when he brought to the altar as an offering his [own] son Isaac?
Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?
Wasn’t Abraham our father justified by works in offering Isaac his son on the altar?
What about Abraham, our father? Wasn’t he shown to be righteous through his actions when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?
Wasn’t Avraham avinu declared righteous because of actions when he offered up his son Yitz’chak on the altar?
Well, our ancestor Abraham pleased God by putting his son Isaac on the altar to sacrifice him.
Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?
Abraham our father— was he not declared-righteous by works, having offered Isaac his son on the altar?
Was not Abraham our father justified by works, offering up Isaac his son upon the altar?
Our father Abraham was made right with God by what he did. He offered his son Isaac to God on the altar.
Think about our ancestor Abraham. He offered his son Isaac on the altar as a gift to God. Because he did that good thing, God accepted him as right with himself.
Wasn’t Abraham our father shown to be righteous by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar?
Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up his son Isaac on the altar?
Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up his son Isaac on the altar?
Abraham, our ·ancestor [father; patriarch; Gen. 12:1–3], was ·made right with God [justified] by what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar [Gen. 22].
Was not Abraham our father justified through works, when he offered Isaac his son upon the altar?
Didn’t our ancestor Abraham receive God’s approval as a result of what he did when he offered his son Isaac as a sacrifice on the altar?
How was our ancestor Abraham put right with God? It was through his actions, when he offered his son Isaac on the altar.
Wasn’t Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar?
Abraham is our father. He was made right with God by the things he did. He offered his son Isaac to God on the altar.
Our ancestor Abraham was justified by his actions when he offered his son Isaac on the altar, wasn’t he?
Now what use is it, my brothers, for a man to say he “has faith” if his actions do not correspond with it? Could that sort of faith save anyone’s soul? If a fellow man or woman has no clothes to wear and nothing to eat, and one of you say, “Good luck to you I hope you’ll keep warm and find enough to eat”, and yet give them nothing to meet their physical needs, what on earth is the good of that? Yet that is exactly what a bare faith without a corresponding life is like—useless and dead. If we only “have faith” a man could easily challenge us by saying, “you say that you have faith and I have merely good actions. Well, all you can do is to show me a faith without corresponding actions, but I can show you by my actions that I have faith as well.” To the man who thinks that faith by itself is enough I feel inclined to say, “So you believe that there is one God? That’s fine. So do all the devils in hell and shudder in terror!” For, my dear short-sighted man, can’t you see far enough to realise that faith without the right actions is dead and useless? Think of Abraham, our ancestor. Wasn’t it his action which really justified him in God’s sight when his faith led him to offer his son Isaac on the altar? Can’t you see that his faith and his actions were, so to speak, partners—that his faith was implemented by his deed? That is what the scripture means when it says: ‘Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness. And he was called the friend of God.’
Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered his son Isaac upon the altar?
Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?
Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?
Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up Isaac his son on the altar?
Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up his son Isaac on the altar?
Don’t you remember that even our father Abraham was declared good because of what he did when he was willing to obey God, even if it meant offering his son Isaac to die on the altar?
Wasn’t our ancestor Abraham “made right with God by works” when he placed his son Isaac on the sacrificial altar? Isn’t it obvious that faith and works are yoked partners, that faith expresses itself in works? That the works are “works of faith”? The full meaning of “believe” in the Scripture sentence, “Abraham believed God and was set right with God,” includes his action. It’s that weave of believing and acting that got Abraham named “God’s friend.” Is it not evident that a person is made right with God not by a barren faith but by faith fruitful in works?
Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?
Was not Abraham · our father justified by works when he offered his son Isaac · on the altar?
Didn’t our ancestor Abraham receive God’s approval as a result of what he did when he offered his son Isaac as a sacrifice on the altar?
Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered his son Isaac upon the altar?
Was our father Abraham not justified by works when he offered up his son Isaac on the altar?
Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up Isaac his son on the altar?
Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?
Abraham, our ancestor, was made right with God by what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar.
Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar?
Our father Abraham offered his son Isaac on the altar. Wasn’t he considered to be right with God because of what he did?
Was not our father Abraham considered righteous for what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?
Was not our father Abraham considered righteous for what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?
Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar?
Was not our early father Abraham right with God by what he did? He obeyed God and put his son Isaac on the altar to die.
Don’t you remember that our ancestor Abraham was shown to be right with God by his actions when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?
Was not Abraham our father justified through works when he offered Isaac his son upon the altar?
Was not our ancestor Abraham justified by works when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?
Was not our ancestor Abraham justified by works when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?
Was not our ancestor Abraham justified by works when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?
Was not our ancestor Abraham justified by works when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?
Wasn’t Abraham our father justified by his works when he offered up his son Isaac on the altar?
Avraham Avinu, was he not YITZDAK IM HASHEM (justified with G-d) by his ma’asim when he performed the akedah (binding) and offered up Yitzchak Bno (Isaac his son) upon the mizbe’ach? [BERESHIS 22:9,12]
Was not our father Abraham justified through works when he offered his son Isaac upon the altar?
Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he offered his son Isaac upon the altar?
Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he offered his son Isaac upon the altar?
Wasn’t Abraham our father proved righteous by works when he offered up Isaac his son on the altar?
Wasn’t our father Abraham made right with God by laying his son Isaac on the altar?
Wasn’t Abraham our father justified by works, in that he offered up Isaac his son on the altar?
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.
Whether Abraham, our father, was not justified of works [Abraham, our father, whether he was not justified of works], offering Isaac, his son, on the altar?
Abraham our father -- was not he declared righteous out of works, having brought up Isaac his son upon the altar?
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