example of faith by the writer of the Epistle to the Hebrews (11:8–19) and by Paul in Rom. 4:3 and Gal. 3:6–9. In Heb. 11:17–19, as here in v. 21, reference is made to the offering up of Isaac by Abraham. Paul twice quotes Gen. 15:6 (Rom. 4:3 and Gal. 3:6), as James does here in v. 23. Again the fact may be stressed that there is no real contradiction between the teaching of Paul and that of James, though James lays special stress on the fact that Abraham’s faith was perfected in one signal work
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