James 1:27
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"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."
-James 1:27 (NIV) 1
"Here are the kinds of beliefs that God our Father accepts as
pure and without fault. When widows and children who have no parents are in
trouble, take care of them. And keep yourselves from being polluted by the
world."
-James 1:27 (NIRV) 2
"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 (KJV)
"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."
-James 1:27 (NKJV) 3
"Pure religion, 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 (21st Century KJV) 4
"Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father is this:
to visit orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by
the world."
-James 1:27 (NASB) 5
"Anyone who sets himself up as "religious" by talking a good game is
self-deceived. This kind of religion is hot air and only hot air.
Real religion, the kind that passes muster before God the Father, is this: Reach
out to the homeless and loveless in their plight, and guard against corruption
from the godless world."
-James 1:27 (The Message) 6
"Pure and lasting religion in the sight of God our Father means that we
must care for orphans and widows in their troubles, and refuse to let the world
corrupt us."
-James 1:27 (NLT) 7
"Religion that pleases God the Father must be pure and
spotless. You must help needy orphans and widows and not let this world make you
evil."
-James 1:27 (CEV) 8
"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 (ASV) 9
"religion pure and undefiled with the God and Father is this,
to look after orphans and widows in their tribulation -- unspotted to kee
phimself from the world."
-James 1:27 (YLT) 10
"Pure and undefiled religion before God 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) 11
-"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."
- James 1:27 (Amplified Bible) 12
-"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."
-James 1:27 (ESV) 13
-"Religion that is pure and good before God the
Father is to help children who have no parents and to care for women whose
husbands have died who have troubles. Pure religion is also to keep yourself
clean from the sinful things of the world."
-James 1:27 (NLV) 14
-"Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is
this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself
unstained by the world."
-James 1:27 Holman CSB 15
-"A clean religion, and unwemmed with God and the
Father, is this, to visit fatherless and motherless children, and widows in
their tribulation, and to keep himself undefouled from this world [and to keep
himself undefouled from the world]"
-James 1:27 (WNT) 16
-"This is what God the Father wants. It is clean and right. Go
and help those who have no father and mother. Go and help widow women whose
husbands are dead. These people have troubles. And keep yourself clean from the
wrong things in the world."
-James 1:27 (Worldwide English (New Testament)) 17
-"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."
-James 1:27 (NIV-UK) 18
-"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."
-James 1:27 (Today's NIV) 19
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