Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world. Cross References Deuteronomy 14:29Then the Levite (because he has no portion or inheritance among you), the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow within your gates may come and eat and be satisfied. And the LORD your God will bless you in all the work of your hands. Job 31:16 If I have denied the desires of the poor or allowed the widow's eyes to fail, Job 31:17 if I have eaten my morsel alone, not sharing it with the fatherless-- Psalm 146:9 The LORD protects the sojourners; He sustains the fatherless and the widow, but the ways of the wicked He frustrates. Isaiah 1:17 Learn to do right, seek justice, correct the oppressor, defend the fatherless, plead for the widow." Isaiah 1:23 Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them. Matthew 12:32 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 one to come. Matthew 25:36 I was naked and you clothed Me, I was sick and you looked after Me, I was in prison and you visited Me.' Romans 2:13 For it is not the hearers of the Law who are righteous before God, but it is the doers of the Law who will be declared righteous. Galatians 3:11 And it is clear that no one is justified before God by the Law, because, "The righteous will live by faith." Ephesians 2:2 in which you used to walk when you conformed to the ways of this world and of the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit who is now at work in the sons of disobedience. Titus 2:12 It instructs us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live sensible, upright, and godly lives in the present age, James 3:9 With the tongue we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God's likeness. James 4:4 You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God. 2 Peter 1:4 Through these He has given us His precious and magnificent promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, now that you have escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires. 2 Peter 2:20 If indeed they have escaped the corruption of the world through their knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, only to be entangled and overcome by it again, their final condition is worse than it was at first. 2 Peter 3:14 Therefore, beloved, as you anticipate these things, make every effort to be found at peace with Him, without spot or blemish. 1 John 2:15 Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 1 John 5:18 We know that anyone born of God does not keep on sinning; the One who was born of God protects him, and the evil one cannot touch him. Chapter Outline 1. James greets the twelve tribes among the nations;2. exhorts to rejoice in trials and temptations; 5. to ask patience of God; 13. and in our trials not to impute our weakness, or sins, to him, 19. but rather to hearken to the word, to meditate on it, and to do thereafter. 26. Otherwise men may seem, but never be, truly religious. 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 World |
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