...teaches that no faith availeth, except that which worketh by love. And when the former enquires, " Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when " he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar ?" he answers his own question by adding, " Seest thou how " faith wrought by his works, and by works...

...importance of this truth that induced the apostle, James to ask, when writing to the Jewish converts, Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar ? He knew there was a connexion between the faith of which he then spoke and moral duties : that it...

...also believe, and tremble. 20 But wilt thou know, O vain man ! that faith without works is dead ? 21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar ? 22 Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect ? 23 And the...

...justified by works, and not by faith " only," illustrates his doctrine by the example of Abraham, who was " justified by works, when " he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar:" and he then adds, " Seest thou, how faith wrought " with his works, and by works was faith made "perfect;...

...be thou perfedl." Faith was never dcfigned to preclude obedience. And, on the other hand, " faith, if it hath not works, is " dead, being alone. Was not Abraham our fa" ther jufiified by works," (not by a dormant, unactive, uninfluencing principle, but that which...

...spirit influence not the justification of the saints; but that they are dross, dung, and filthy rags. Was not Abraham, our father, justified by works, when he had offered his son Isaac upon the altar ? " '.' Was not Rahab, the harlot, justified by works, when she'had received...

...spirit influence not the justification of "the saints; but that they are dross, dung, and filthy rags. Was not Abraham, our father, justified by works, when he had offered his son Isaac upon the altar ? " " Was not Rahab, the harlot, justified by works, when she had received...

...and not by faith only ;' illustrates his doctrine by the example of Abraham, who was ' jus' tified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon ' the altar :' and he then adds, ' Seest thou, how faith ' wrought with his works ? and by works was faith made...

...spirit influence not the justification of the saints; but that they are dress, dung, and filthy rags. Was not Abraham, our father, justified by works, when he had offered his son Isaac upon the altar ? " " Was not Rahab, the harlot, justified by works, when she had received...

...only as a sign i»r evidence, and in God's declarative judgment, is lurcher 'Confirmed by verse 21. " Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered up Isaac his son upon the altar ?" Here the apostle seems plainly to refer to that declarative judgment...