James 1:27

Pure religion and undefiled before God, the Father, is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep one's self unspotted from the world.

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In The King James Version

Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

In Context

26If any one thinks that he is religious, and bridles not his tongue, but deceives his own heart, this man's religion is vain.

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Cross References

Job 29:12For I delivered the poor, when they cried; And the fatherless, who had none to help him.

Psalms 68:5The father of the fatherless, and the protector of the widow, Is God in his holy habitation.

Isaiah 1:16Wash you; make you clean; Put away your evil doings from before mine eyes;

Isaiah 58:6Is not this the fast that I approve,—To loose the bands of wickedness, To undo the heavy burdens, To let the oppressed go free, And to break in pieces every yoke?

Matthew 25:34Then will the king say to those on his right hand, Come, ye blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

John 17:14I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

Matthew Henry on James 1:20-27

On Suppressing Corrupt Affections; The Duty of Hearers; Practical Religion. ( a. d. 61.) 19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: 20 For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God. 21 Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls. 22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. 23 For if any be a hearer of the word,… Read the whole commentary →

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