James 2:21 · KJV
“Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?”
— James 2:21
But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect? {Seest...: or, Thou seest}
James 2 — Context
Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.
20But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
21Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?
22Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect? {Seest...: or, Thou seest}
23And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.
Cross References
Genesis 22:16-18
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}:
Genesis 22:9-12
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.
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.
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,
Matthew 12:37
For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
Romans 4:1
What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found?
James 2:24
Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.
Matthew 25:31-40
When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: