James 1:27

Pure and undefiled religion before ¹  God the Father ²  is this: to care for orphans and widows in their misfortune and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

Job 29:12,13; Job 31:15-20; Ps 68:5; Ps 119:1; Isa 1:16,17; Isa 58:6,7; Mt 5:8; Mt 25:34-46; Lu 1:6; Joh 17:14,15; Ro 12:2; Ga 1:4; Ga 5:6; Ga 6:9,10; Ga 6:14; Col 3:1-3; 1Ti 1:5; 1Ti 5:4; Jas 3:17; Jas 4:4; 1Jo 2:15-17; 1Jo 3:17-19; 1Jo 5:4,5,18

¹ tn Or “in the sight of”; Grk “with.”

² tn Grk “the God and Father.”