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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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

t Eph. 5:20. Col. 2:2. Gk. as 1 Cor. 15:24. ch. 3:9.
w John 14:18 marg.
x 1 Tim. 5:22. 1 John 5:18. So Rom. 12:2. ch. 4:4.

Cross references

s Acts 26:5.
u Ecclus. 7:35. Matt. 25:36.
v Job 31:17, 18. Isai. 1:17. Ecclus. 4:10. 2 Macc. 3:10. & 8:28, 30.
v Job 31:17, 18. Isai. 1:17. Ecclus. 4:10. 2 Macc. 3:10. & 8:28, 30.
y 2 Pet. 3:14.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

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.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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

NLTNew Living Translation

Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father means caring for orphans and widows in their distress and refusing to let the world corrupt you.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father is this: to look after orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.