21Wasn't Abraham our father justified by works, in that he offered up Isaac his son on the altar?


In Context

18 Yes, a man will say, |You have faith, and I have works.| Show me your faith without works, and I by my works will show you my faith.

19 You believe that God is one. You do well. The demons also believe, and shudder.

20 But do you want to know, vain man, that faith apart from works is dead?

21 Wasn't Abraham our father justified by works, in that he offered up Isaac his son on the altar?

22 You see that faith worked with his works, and by works faith was perfected;

23 and the Scripture was fulfilled which says, |Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him as righteousness;| and he was called the friend of God.

James 2:21 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:21Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:21Was not our ancestor Abraham considered righteous for what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:21Was not Abraham our father justified by works, offering up Isaac his son upon the altar?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:21Was not Abraham our father justified by works, in that he offered up Isaac his son upon the altar?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:21Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:21Was not Abraham our father justified by works, in that he offered up Isaac his son upon the altar?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:21Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:21Abraham our father — was not he declared righteous out of works, having brought up Isaac his son upon the altar?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:21Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son on the altar?