OET interlinear YAC (JAM) 2:23

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ἐπληρώθη ἡ Γραφὴ

˓was˒_fulfilled the (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί ἐπληρώθη ἡ Γραφή ἡ λέγουσα ἐπίστευσεν Δέ Ἀβραάμ τῷ Θεῷ καί ἐλογίσθη αὐτῷ εἰς δικαιοσύνην καί φίλος Θεοῦ ἐκλήθη)

If your language does not use this passive form, you can express this with an active form. Alternate translation: [this fulfilled the scripture]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἐπίστευσεν δὲ Ἀβραὰμ τῷ Θεῷ, καὶ ἐλογίσθη αὐτῷ εἰς δικαιοσύνην

believed (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί ἐπληρώθη ἡ Γραφή ἡ λέγουσα ἐπίστευσεν Δέ Ἀβραάμ τῷ Θεῷ καί ἐλογίσθη αὐτῷ εἰς δικαιοσύνην καί φίλος Θεοῦ ἐκλήθη)

This is a quotation from [Genesis 15:6](../gen/15/06.md). James assumes that his readers will know that it refers to how Abraham responded to God’s promise that even though he and his wife were old and had no children, he would have as many descendants as the stars in the sky. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could give an explicit indication of this. Alternate translation: [Abraham believed God’s promise that he would have many descendants, and so God considered Abraham to be in a right relationship with him]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

φίλος Θεοῦ ἐκλήθη

˓a˒_friend ˱of˲_God ˱he˲_˓was˒_called

James assumes that his readers will know that in [Isaiah 41:8](../isa/41/08.md), God refers to the Israelites as “the offspring of Abraham my friend” and that in [2 Chronicles 20:7](../2ch/20/07.md), in a prayer to God, King Jehoshaphat refers to the Israelites as “the descendants of Abraham your friend.” If it would be helpful to your readers, you could give an explicit indication of this. Alternate translation: [he was called a friend of God in later scriptures]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

φίλος Θεοῦ ἐκλήθη

˓a˒_friend ˱of˲_God ˱he˲_˓was˒_called

If your language does not use this passive form, you can express this with an active form, and you can state who did the action. Alternate translation: [God, speaking through Isaiah, later called him his friend, and in prayer King Jehoshaphat also described him as God’s friend]