²² You see that his faith was helping his works and was made complete by them;

³ Having ever in mind your work of faith and acts of love and the strength of your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father;

¹⁷ By faith Abraham made an offering of Isaac, when he was tested: and he with whom the agreement had been made gave up as an offering the only son of his body,

¹⁸ Of whom it had been said, From Isaac will your seed take their name:

¹⁹ Judging that God was able to give life even to the dead; and because of this he did get him back as if from death.

⁶ Because in Christ Jesus, having circumcision or not having circumcision are equally of no profit; but only faith working through love.

¹⁸ But a man may say, You have faith and I have works; let me see your faith without your works, and I will make my faith clear to you by my works.

⁵ But in every man who keeps his word, the love of God is made complete. By this we may be certain that we are in him:

¹⁷ In this way love is made complete in us, so that we may be without fear on the day of judging, because as he is, so are we in this world.

¹⁸ There is no fear in love: true love has no room for fear, because where fear is, there is pain; and he who is not free from fear is not complete in love.