²⁷Pure and undefiled religion ^abefore our God and Father is this: to ^bvisit ^corphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained ¹by ^dthe world.

CHAPTER 2

The Sin of Favoritism

¹^aMy brothers, ^bdo not hold your faith in our ¹^cglorious Lord Jesus Christ with an attitude of ^dpersonal favoritism.

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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

1Lit from
1Or Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious one

Cross references

a Rom 2:13; Gal 3:11
b Matt 25:36
c Deut 14:29; Job 31:16, 17, 21; Ps 146:9; Is 1:17, 23
d Matt 12:32; Eph 2:2; Titus 2:12; James 4:4; 2 Pet 1:4; 2:20; 1 John 2:15–17
a James 1:16
b Heb 12:2
c Acts 7:2; 1 Cor 2:8
d Acts 10:34; James 2:9