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23 This shows the full meaning of the Scripture that says: “Abraham believed God, and God accepted Abraham’s faith, and that faith made him right with God.”[a] And Abraham was called God’s friend.[b] 24 So you see that people are made right with God by what they do, not by faith only.

25 Another example is Rahab, a prostitute, who was made right with God by something she did. She welcomed the spies into her home and helped them escape by a different road.

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Footnotes

  1. 2:23 “Abraham . . . God.” Quotation from Genesis 15:6.
  2. 2:23 God’s friend These words about Abraham are found in 2 Chronicles 20:7 and Isaiah 41:8.

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