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James 1:27

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.
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NKJV
Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.
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NASB
This is pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father, to visit orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.
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NIV
Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
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Amp.
External religious worship [religion as it is expressed in outward acts] that is pure and unblemished in the sight of God the Father is this: to visit and help and care for the orphans and widows in their affliction and need, and to keep oneself unspotted and uncontaminated from the world.
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Wuest
Religion which is pure and undefiled in the sight of God, even the Father, is this: to look after orphans and widows in their affliction with a view to ascertaining their needs and supplying them, and to be keeping one's self unspotted from the world.
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Phps.
Religion that is pure and genuine in the sight of God the Father will show itself by such things as visiting orphans and widows in their distress and keeping oneself uncontaminated by the world.
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Wms.
A religious worship that is pure and stainless in the sight of God the Father is this: To look after orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep one's own self unstained by the world.
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Writings on the Paidion Books Site
That Reference This Scripture

  1. Abominations to God - Neil Girrard
  2. But I Met God There - Neil Girrard
  3. But the Building Is Just a Tool - Neil Girrard
  4. 4. The Children of the Devil; The Sons of the Devil - Neil Girrard
  5. Choose Wisely; Lords of Darkness - Neil Girrard
  6. Done in Christ; Lords of Darkness - Neil Girrard
  7. False Religion; Lords of Darkness - Neil Girrard
  8. In His Rest - Neil Girrard
  9. In Search of the Perfect Church - Neil Girrard
  10. The Lord's Work and Way - Neil Girrard
  11. 1. Neglecting the Poor; “Poverty in the Body of Christ” - Neil Girrard
  12. Nothing New - Neil Girrard
  13. One Big Circle - Neil Girrard
  14. The Open Church – A Review - Neil Girrard
  15. The Purpose of America - Neil Girrard
  16. What's Wrong With "Church"? - Neil Girrard
  17. The Worst Enemy - Neil Girrard
  18. WWJD: What Would Jesus Do? - Neil Girrard
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