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James 1:27

Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.

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ASV

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

KJV

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.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
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καθαρὰkatharapureG2513 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
ἀμίαντοςamiantosundefiledG283 →
παρὰparabeforeG3844 →
τῷtōtheG3588 →
θεῷtheōGodG2316 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
πατρὶpatriFatherG3962 →
αὕτηhautēthisG3778 →
ἐστίν,estinis,G1510 →
ἐπισκέπτεσθαιepiskeptesthaito visitG1980 →
ὀρφανοὺςorphanousorphansG3737 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
χήραςchēraswidowsG5503 →
ἐνeninG1722 →
τῇtēatheG3588 →
θλίψειthlipseitribulationG2347 →
αὐτῶν,autōnof them,G846 →
ἄσπιλονaspilonunstainedG784 →
ἑαυτὸνhe'autononeselfG1438 →
τηρεῖνtēreinto keepG5083 →
ἀπὸapofromG575 →
τοῦtoutheG3588 →
κόσμου.¶kosmouworld.G2889 →

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Isaiah 1:16–17Wash and cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from My sight. Stop doing evil!1 John 3:17–19If anyone with earthly possessions sees his brother in need, but withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God abide in him?Galatians 6:9–10Let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.Romans 12:2Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.Matthew 25:34–46Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.Isaiah 58:6–7Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to break the chains of wickedness, to untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and tear off every yoke?1 John 2:15–17Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.Philippians 4:8Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think on these things.Job 31:15–20Did not He who made me in the womb also make them? Did not the same One form us in the womb?1 Timothy 5:4But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to show godliness to their own family and repay their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God.Job 29:12–13because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper.Colossians 3:1–3Therefore, since you have been raised with Christ, strive for the things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.Psalms 68:5A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in His holy habitation.James 4:4You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God.Psalms 119:1Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the Law of the LORD.Luke 1:6Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.Isaiah 1:23Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.Matthew 25:35For I was hungry and you gave Me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me something to drink, I was a stranger and you took Me in,

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