James 1:19–27

¹⁹Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be ^zswift to hear, ^aslow to speak, ^bslow to wrath: ²⁰for the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God. ²¹Wherefore ^clay apart all filthiness and superfluity of ^cdnaughtiness, and receive ^ewith meekness the ^fengrafted word, ^gwhich is able to save your souls. ²²But ^hbe ye doers of the word, and ^hnot hearers only, ⁱdeceiving your own selves. ²³For ^kif any be ^ha hearer of the word, and ^hnot a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in ^la glass: ²⁴for he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. ²⁵But whoso ^mlooketh into the perfect ⁿlaw of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful ^hhearer, but ^ha doer of the work, this man shall be ^oblessed in his deed. ²⁶If any man among you ^pseem to be religious, and ^qbridleth not ^rhis tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s ^sreligion is vain. ²⁷Pure ^sreligion and undefiled before ^tGod and the Father is this, To ^uvisit ^vthe ^wfatherless and ^vwidows in their affliction, and ^xto keep himself ^yunspotted from the world.

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