James 1:27
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.
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Pure.

James 3:17
But the wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peaceable, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and sincere.

Psalm 119:1
Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the LORD.

Matthew 5:8
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.

Luke 1:6
They were both righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.

1 Timothy 1:5
The goal of our instruction is the love that comes from a pure heart, a clear conscience, and a sincere faith.

1 Timothy 5:4
But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to show godliness to their own family and repay their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God.

To visit.

Job 29:12, 13
because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper. . . .

Job 31:15-20
Did not He who made me in the womb also make them? Did not the same One form us in the womb? . . .

Psalm 68:5
A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in His holy habitation.

Isaiah 1:16, 17
Wash and cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from My sight. Stop doing evil! . . .

Isaiah 58:6, 7
Is not the fast I have chosen to break the chains of wickedness, to untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free, and tear off every yoke? . . .

Matthew 25:34-46
Then the King will say to those on His right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. . . .

Galatians 5:6
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. All that matters is faith, expressed through love.

Galatians 6:9, 10
Let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due time we will reap a harvest, if we do not give up. . . .

1 John 3:17-19
If anyone with earthly possessions sees his brother in need, but withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God abide in him? . . .

to keep.

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.

John 17:14, 15
I have given them Your word and the world has hated them; for they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. . . .

Romans 12:2
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to discern what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.

Galatians 1:4
who gave Himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,

Galatians 6:14
But as for me, may I never boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

Colossians 3:1-3
Therefore, since you have been raised with Christ, strive for the things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. . . .

1 John 2:15-17
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 5:4, 5, 18
because everyone born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world: our faith. . . .

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
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.

King James Bible
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
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.

International Standard Version
A religion that is pure and stainless according to God the Father is this: to take care of orphans and widows who are suffering, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

NET Bible
Pure and undefiled religion before God the Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their misfortune and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
For pure and holy ministry before God The Father is this: to take care of orphans and widows in their affliction, and for a man to keep his soul without defilement from the world.
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