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James 1:27–2:1

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27Pure and undefiled religion before God the Father is this: to look after orphans and widowsw in their distress and to keep oneself unstained from the world.x

THE SIN OF FAVORITISM

2My brothers and sisters, do not show favoritism as you hold on to the faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ.y

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James 1:27: Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.

Cross references

  1. wJb 31:17; Is 1:17,23; Mt 25:36
  2. xRm 12:2; 1Jn 5:18
  3. yLv 19:15; Dt 1:17; Ac 10:34; Rm 2:11; Eph 6:9; Col 3:25