Parallel Verses English 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. King James Bible 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. American Standard Version 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. Douay-Rheims Bible Religion clean and undefiled before God and the Father, is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their tribulation: and to keep one's self unspotted from this world. English Revised Version Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world. Webster's Bible Translation 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. Weymouth New Testament The religious service which is pure and stainless in the sight of our God and Father is to visit fatherless children and widowed women in their time of trouble, and to keep one's own self unspotted from the world. James 1:27 Parallel Commentary Vincent's Word StudiesUndefiled (ἀμίαντος) See on 1 Peter 1:4. The two adjectives, pure and undefiled, present the positive and negative sides of purity. To visit (ἐπισκέπτεσθαι) See on Matthew 25:36. James strikes a downright blow here at ministry by proxy, or by mere gifts of money. Pure and undefiled religion demands personal contact with the world's sorrow: to visit the afflicted, and to visit them in their affliction. "The rich man, prodigal of money, which is to him of little value, but altogether incapable of devoting any personal attention to the object of his alms, often injures society by his donations; but this is rarely the case with that far nobler charity which makes men familiar with the haunts of wretchedness, and follows the object of its care through all the phases of his life" (Lecky, "History of European Morals," ii., 98). To keep (τηρεῖν) See on 1 Peter 1:4. Unspotted (ἄσπιλον) See on 1 Peter 1:19. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Pure. Psalm 119:1 Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD. Matthew 5:8 Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. To visit. Job 31:15-20 Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb... Psalm 68:5 A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation. to keep. Cross References Deuteronomy 14:29 And the Levite, because he has no portion or inheritance with you, and the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow, who are within your towns, shall come and eat and be filled, that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands that you do. Job 31:16 "If I have withheld anything that the poor desired, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail, Job 31:17 or have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless has not eaten of it Psalm 146:9 The LORD watches over the sojourners; he upholds the widow and the fatherless, but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin. Isaiah 1:17 learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widow's cause. Isaiah 1:23 Your princes are rebels and companions of thieves. Everyone loves a bribe and runs after gifts. They do not bring justice to the fatherless, and the widow's cause does not come to them. Matthew 12:32 And whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come. Jump to Previous Accepts Affliction Children Evil Eyes Fatherless Fathers Faultless Free Holy One's Oneself Orphans Polluted Pure Religion Religious Service Sight Time Trouble Undefiled Unspotted Unstained Untouched Visit Widowed Widows Women WorldJump to Next Accepts Affliction Children Evil Eyes Fatherless Fathers Faultless Free Holy One's Oneself Orphans Polluted Pure Religion Religious Service Sight Time Trouble Undefiled Unspotted Unstained Untouched Visit Widowed Widows Women WorldLinks James 1:27 NIVJames 1:27 NLT James 1:27 ESV James 1:27 NASB James 1:27 KJV James 1:27 Bible Apps James 1:27 Biblia Paralela James 1:27 Chinese Bible James 1:27 French Bible James 1:27 German Bible Bible Hub ESV Text Edition: 2016. The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. |
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