21 (A)Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up Isaac his son on the altar? 22 You see that (B)faith was working with his works, and [a]as a result of the (C)works, faith was [b]perfected; 23 and the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “(D)And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness,” and he was called (E)the friend of God.

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Footnotes

  1. James 2:22 Or by the deeds
  2. James 2:22 Or completed