James 2:21
"Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?"
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- Genesis 22:16
"And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son:"
Read in chapter → - Genesis 22:9
"And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood."
Read in chapter → - John 8:39
"They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham."
Read in chapter → - Matthew 12:37
"For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned."
Read in chapter → - Romans 4:16
"Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all,"
Read in chapter → - John 8:53
"Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself?"
Read in chapter → - Romans 4:12
"And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised."
Read in chapter → - James 2:24
"Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only."
Read in chapter → - Luke 16:30
"And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent."
Read in chapter → - Isaiah 51:2
"Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him."
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