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James 1:27–2:1

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27Pure and undefiled religion before our gGod and Father is this: to look after orphans and widows hin their distress and to keep oneself unstained by the world. i

The Sin of Favoritism

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

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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.

Footnotes

  1. g1:27 Or before the

Cross references

  1. h1:27 Jb 31:17; Is 1:17, 23; Mt 25:36
  2. i1:27 Rm 12:2; 1Jn 5:18
  3. j2:1 Lv 19:15; Dt 1:17; Ac 10:34; Rm 2:11; Eph 6:9; Col 3:25