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And so Abraham was called God's friend. </title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/catholic/james/2-23.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/15002new8.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../vmenus/james/2-23.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmcc/james/2-23.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/catholic/">Bible</a> > <a href="/gntd/james/1.htm">James</a> > <a href="/gntd/james/2.htm">Chapter 2</a> > Verse 23</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div><div id="ad1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/ad1.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../james/2-22.htm" title="James 2:22">◄</a> James 2:23 <a href="../james/2-24.htm" title="James 2:24">►</a></div></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/nabre/james/2.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#552200" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gntd/james/2.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />And the scripture came true that said, "Abraham believed God, and because of his faith God accepted him as righteous." And so Abraham was called God's friend. <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/james/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Thus the scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness,” and he was called the friend of God.<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cevd/james/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />This is what the Scriptures mean by saying, "Abraham had faith in God, and God accepted him." That's how Abraham became God's friend. <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/james/2.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Thus the scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called “the friend of God.”<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drbc/james/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And the scripture was fulfilled, saying: Abraham believed God, and it was reputed to him to justice, and he was called the friend of God.<div class="vheading2">Treasury of Scripture Knowledge</div><p class="tsk2">And the scripture was fulfilled, saying: Abraham believed God, and it was reputed to him to justice, and he was called the friend of God.</p><p class="hdg">the scripture.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../mark/12-10.htm">Mark 12:10</a> And have you not read this scripture, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is made the head of the corner:</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../mark/15-28.htm">Mark 15:28</a> And the scripture was fulfilled, which saith: And with the wicked he was reputed.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../luke/4-21.htm">Luke 4:21</a> And he began to say to them: This day is fulfilled this scripture in your ears.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../acts/1-16.htm">Acts 1:16</a> Men, brethren, the scripture must needs be fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost spoke before by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who was the leader of them that apprehended Jesus:</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../romans/9-17.htm">Romans 9:17</a> For the scripture saith to Pharao: To this purpose have I raised thee, that I may shew my power in thee and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../romans/11-2.htm">Romans 11:2</a> God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Know you not what the scripture saith of Elias, how he calleth on God against Israel?</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../galatians/3-8.htm">Galatians 3:8-10,22</a> And the scripture, foreseeing that God justifieth the Gentiles by faith, told unto Abraham before: In thee shall all nations be blessed. . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../2_timothy/3-16.htm">2 Timothy 3:16</a> All scripture, inspired of God, is profitable to teach, to reprove, to correct, to instruct in justice:</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../1_peter/2-6.htm">1 Peter 2:6</a> Wherefore it is said in the scripture: Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious. And he that shall believe in him shall not be confounded.</p><p class="hdg">Abraham.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../genesis/15-6.htm">Genesis 15:6</a> Abram believed God, and it was reputed to him unto justice.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../romans/4-3.htm">Romans 4:3-6,10,11,22-24</a> For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God: and it was reputed to him unto justice. . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../galatians/3-6.htm">Galatians 3:6</a> As it is written: Abraham believed God: and it was reputed to him unto justice.</p><p class="hdg">the Friend.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../exodus/33-11.htm">Exodus 33:11</a> And the Lord spoke to Moses face to face, as a man is wont to speak to his friend. And when he returned into the camp, his servant Josue, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not from the tabernacle.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../2_chronicles/20-7.htm">2 Chronicles 20:7</a> Didst not thou our God kill all the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever?</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../job/16-21.htm">Job 16:21</a> And O that a man might so be judged with God, as the son of man is judged with his companion!</p><p class="hdg2">*marg:</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../isaiah/41-8.htm">Isaiah 41:8</a> But thou Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend:</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../john/15-13.htm">John 15:13-15</a> Greater love than this no man hath, that a man lay down his life for his friends. . . . </p></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/drbc/james/2.htm">Faith and Works</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">22</span>Seest thou that faith did cooperate with his works and by works faith was made perfect? <span class="reftext">23</span><span class="highl">And the scripture was fulfilled, saying: Abraham believed God, and it was reputed to him to justice, and he was called the friend of God.</span> <span class="reftext">24</span>Do you see that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only?…<div class="vheading2">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="../genesis/15-6.htm">Genesis 15:6</a></span><br />Abram believed God, and it was reputed to him unto justice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../2_chronicles/20-7.htm">2 Chronicles 20:7</a></span><br />Didst not thou our God kill all the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../isaiah/41-8.htm">Isaiah 41:8</a></span><br />But thou Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../romans/4-3.htm">Romans 4:3</a></span><br />For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God: and it was reputed to him unto justice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../james/2-24.htm">James 2:24</a></span><br />Do you see that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><div class="vheading2">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/james/2-21.htm">Abraham</a> <a href="/james/2-9.htm">Account</a> <a href="/galatians/3-6.htm">Accounted</a> <a href="/james/2-19.htm">Believe</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-31.htm">Believed</a> <a href="/philippians/4-17.htm">Credit</a> <a href="/philippians/4-17.htm">Credited</a> <a href="/james/1-25.htm">Effect</a> <a href="/james/2-22.htm">Faith</a> <a href="/philemon/1-17.htm">Friend</a> <a href="/galatians/5-14.htm">Fulfilled</a> <a href="/james/1-20.htm">God's</a> <a href="/james/2-8.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/2_timothy/4-16.htm">Imputed</a> <a href="/2_timothy/1-11.htm">Placed</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-39.htm">Received</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-26.htm">Reckoned</a> <a href="/james/2-21.htm">Righteousness</a> <a href="/james/2-8.htm">Scripture</a> <a href="/james/2-8.htm">Writing</a> <a href="/2_timothy/3-15.htm">Writings</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_peter/3-6.htm">Abraham</a> <a href="/1_peter/3-15.htm">Account</a> <a href="/genesis/30-33.htm">Accounted</a> <a href="/1_peter/1-8.htm">Believe</a> <a href="/1_john/4-16.htm">Believed</a> <a href="/james/3-5.htm">Credit</a> <a href="/genesis/15-6.htm">Credited</a> <a href="/1_john/5-11.htm">Effect</a> <a href="/james/2-24.htm">Faith</a> <a href="/james/4-4.htm">Friend</a> <a href="/1_john/1-4.htm">Fulfilled</a> <a href="/james/3-9.htm">God's</a> <a href="/james/3-17.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/leviticus/7-18.htm">Imputed</a> <a href="/james/3-6.htm">Placed</a> <a href="/james/2-25.htm">Received</a> <a href="/genesis/15-6.htm">Reckoned</a> <a href="/james/2-24.htm">Righteousness</a> <a href="/james/4-5.htm">Scripture</a> <a href="/1_peter/2-6.htm">Writing</a> <a href="/james/4-5.htm">Writings</a><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/james/2-23.htm">James 2:23 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/james/2-23.htm">James 2:23 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/james/2-23.htm">James 2:23 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/james/2-23.htm">James 2:23 NASB</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/james/2-23.htm">James 2:23 Bible Apps</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/james/2-23.htm">James 2:23 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/james/2-23.htm">James 2:23 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/james/2-23.htm">James 2:23 French Bible</a><br /><a href="//bibeltext.com/james/2-23.htm">James 2:23 German Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span>Alphabetical: Abraham And as believed called credited friend fulfilled God God's he him it of reckoned righteousness says scripture that the to was which<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="https://biblehub.com/james/2-23.htm">NT Letters: James 2:23 And the Scripture was fulfilled which says (Ja Jas. 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