James 1:27 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world. ”
James 1:27 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
James 1:27 in 6 Bible Translations
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James 1:27 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.”
James 1:27 — World English Bible
James 1:27 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world. ”
James 1:27 — American Standard Version
James 1:27 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“religion pure and undefiled with the God and Father is this, to look after orphans and widows in their tribulation--unspotted to keep himself from the world.”
James 1:27 — Young's Literal Translation
James 1:27 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Pure and undefiled religion beforeGod and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, to keep oneself unspotted from the world. ”
James 1:27 — Darby Translation
James 1:27 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Pure religion and vndefiled before God, euen the Father, is this, to visite the fatherlesse, and widdowes in their aduersitie, and to keepe himselfe vnspotted of the world. ”
James 1:27 — Geneva Bible
James 1:27 in Context — James 1
25 But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
26 If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.
27 Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
What Does James 1:27 Mean?
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