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

Was {G1344} not {G3756} Abraham {G11} our {G2257} father {G3962} justified {G1344} by {G1537} works {G2041}, when he had offered {G399} Isaac {G2464} his {G846} son {G5207} upon {G1909} the altar {G2379}?

Wasn’t Avraham avinu declared righteous because of actions when he offered up his son Yitz’chak on the altar?

Was not our father Abraham justified by what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?

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

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Cross-References

  • Genesis 22:16 (10 votes)

    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 22:18 (10 votes)

    And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.

  • Genesis 22:9 (6 votes)

    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.

  • Genesis 22:12 (6 votes)

    And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only [son] from me.

  • John 8:39 (4 votes)

    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 (3 votes)

    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 (3 votes)

    For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.