James 2:21

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Was not Abraham our father - Our progenitor, our ancestor; using the word “father,” as frequently occurs in the Bible, to denote a remote ancesto...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Was not Abraham our father (k) justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar? (k) Was he not by his works known and found to...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The surface contradiction between James and Paul, which made Luther call this an epistle of straw, and the Tü bingen critics hail it as a Judaist's a...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

justified . App-191. son . App-108.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

21 Was not Abraham. The Sophists lay hold on the word justified, and then they cry out as being victorious, that justification is partly by...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar? Was not Abraham our father - Did not the conduct of...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Was not Abraham our father justified— "Take an instance of the truth of what I have advanced under Divine inspiration, in the most celebrated of al...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar? Abraham our father justified by works - evid...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Warnings Against Respect of Persons. Belief and Practice 1. Another instance of inconsistency. Jesus Christ the Lord of glory ] better, 'Jesu...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(14-26) FAITH AND WORKS. — We now enter on the most debatable ground of the Epistle; a battle-field strewn with the bones and weapons of countless ad...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Was not Abraham our father justified by works...? — St. James now addresses his two examples from familiar history in force of his plea for active...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 12 FAITH AND WORKS: THREE VIEWS OF THE RELATION, OF THE TEACHING OF ST. JAMES TO THE TEACHING OF ST. PAUL-THE RELATION OF LUTHER TO BOTH....
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

James 2:21 ; James 2:25 Chapter 13 THE FAITH OF THE DEMONS; THE FAITH OF ABRAHAM; AND THE FAITH OF RAHAB THE HARLOT. James 2:19 ; James 2:...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Deeds the Evidence of Faith James 2:14-26 The Apostle is speaking here of a faith that does not result in a changed life. It is the faith which...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Proceeding, James dealt with the effect of faith on conduct. It makes it impossible to show any respect of persons on the ground of the possession of...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him? (15) If a brother or sister be naked, and d...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Was not Abraham our father justified by works ,.... Not as the causes of his justification, that is denied, Romans 4:2 but as effects of it, showi...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar? Ver. 21. Justified by works ] sc. Declarative...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Was not , &c. As if he had said, Take an instance of this in the most celebrated of all the patriarchs, our father Abraham. Was not he justif...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

The first 13 verses of this chapter form a second division of the book, dealing with the faith of Christ as being above all personal considerations,...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Faith and Works. A. D. 61. 14 What doth i...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Was not Abraham our father; not only the father of us as Jews, (for to them he wrote), and according to the flesh, but as believers, and according...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Reply Comes, ‘But Surely If We Have Faith That Is Enough. Will We Not Be Seen To Be Righteous Because We Have Faith In Christ? Then Surely It Do...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘Was not Abraham our father justified by works, in that he offered up Isaac his son on the altar?' He then takes the example of Abraham, the first m...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES James 2:22 . Made perfect. —Or, “a complete, and therefore acceptable, thing.” James 2:23 . Imputed. —“Was acco...
Scofield Reference Notes

justified ( See Scofield) - ( Romans 4:2 ).
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

James 2:1 . Have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons. See James 1:1 . The whole of this chapter tu...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION James 2:1-59 WARNING AGAINST RESPECT OF PERSONS . James 2:1 The translation is doubtful, two renderings being po...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Was not Abraham, our father, justified by works when he had offered Isaac, his son, upon the altar?
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The example of Abraham and Rahab:
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Was not Abraham justified by works — St. Paul says he was justified by faith, Romans 4:2 , &c.: yet St. James does not contradict him; for he...

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Related Commentaries of James 2:21

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

James 2:21