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James 1:27 KJV
James · chapter 1 · verse 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.James 1:27 · King James Version
James 1:27 in context
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
- Isaiah 1:16-17
- 1 John 3:17-19
- Galatians 6:9-10
- Romans 12:2
- Matthew 25:34-46
- Isaiah 58:6-7
- 1 John 2:15-17
- Job 31:15-20
Key words (Strong's)
- fatherlessorphanosbereft , of those bereft of a teacher, guide, guardian, orphanedG3737 →
- afflictionthlipsisa pressing, pressing together, pressure, metaph. oppression, affliction, tribulation…G2347 →
- undefiledamiantosnot defiled, unsoiled, free from that by which the nature of a thing is deformed and…G283 →
- religionthrēskeiareligious worship, esp. external, that which consists of ceremonies, religious…G2356 →
- beforeparafrom, of at, by, besides, nearG3844 →
- Fatherpatērgenerator or male ancestor, either the nearest ancestor father of the corporeal nature…G3962 →
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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