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James 1:26-27 KJV
James · chapter 1 · verses 26–27
26If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain. 27Pure 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 1:26-27 · King James Version
James 1:26-27 in context
24For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
25But 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.
26If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.
27Pure 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.
Commentary
Cross references
- Ephesians 4:29
- Psalms 141:3
- 1 Peter 3:10
- Ephesians 5:4
- Psalms 34:13
- Proverbs 19:1
- Proverbs 10:31
- Proverbs 10:19
- Isaiah 1:16-17
- 1 John 3:17-19
- Galatians 6:9-10
- Romans 12:2
Key words (Strong's)
- fatherlessorphanosbereft , of those bereft of a teacher, guide, guardian, orphanedG3737 →
- afflictionthlipsisa pressing, pressing together, pressure, metaph. oppression, affliction, tribulation…G2347 →
- religiousthrēskosfearing or worshipping God, to tremble, trembling, fearfulG2357 →
- deceivethapataōto cheat, beguile, deceiveG538 →
- undefiledamiantosnot defiled, unsoiled, free from that by which the nature of a thing is deformed and…G283 →
- bridlethchalinagōgeōto lead by a bridle, to guide, to bridle, hold in check, restrainG5468 →
- religionthrēskeiareligious worship, esp. external, that which consists of ceremonies, religious…G2356 →
- tongueglōssathe tongue, a member of the body, an organ of speech, a tongue, the language or dialect…G1100 →
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In this part of the chapter we are required, I. To restrain the workings of passion. This lesson we should learn under afflictions; and this we shall learn if we are indeed begotten again by the word of truth.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 19-27