James 1:27

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Pure and undefiled religion before God the Father is this: to look after orphans and widows  in their distress and to keep oneself unstained from the world.

Cross References

Romans 12:2

Do not be conformed  to this age,  but be transformed by the renewing of your mind,  so that you may discern what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will  of God.

James 4:4

You adulterous people!  Don’t you know that friendship with the world is hostility towards God? So whoever wants to be the friend of the world becomes the enemy of God.

1 Timothy 5:4

But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn to practise godliness towards their own family first and to repay their parents, for this pleases God.

1 Timothy 1:5

Now the goal of our instruction is love  that comes from a pure heart,  a good conscience,  and a sincere faith.

Luke 1:6

Both were righteous in God’s sight,  living blamelessly  according to all the commands and requirements of the Lord.

Matthew 5:8

Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.

Isaiah 1:23

Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love graft and chase after bribes. They do not defend the rights of the fatherless, and the widow’s case never comes before them.

1 John 5:18

We know that everyone who has been born of God does not sin, but the one who is born of God keeps him,  , and the evil one does not touch him.

James 3:17

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peace-loving, gentle, compliant, full of mercy and good fruits, unwavering, without pretence.

Galatians 6:14

But as for me, I will never boast about anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. The world has been crucified to me through the cross, and I to the world.

Galatians 1:4

who gave himself for our sins  to rescue us from this present evil age,  according to the will of our God and Father.

Galatians 5:6

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision accomplishes anything; what matters is faith  working through love.

Deuteronomy 14:29

Then the Levite, who has no portion or inheritance among you, the resident foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow within your city gates may come, eat, and be satisfied.  And the Lord your God will bless you in all the work of your hands that you do.

Matthew 12:32

Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man,   it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, either in this age or in the one to come.

Romans 2:13

For the hearers of the law  are not righteous before God, but the doers of the law will be justified.

Galatians 3:11

Now 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 previously walked according to the ways of this world,  according to the ruler of the power of the air,  the spirit  now working in the disobedient.

Titus 2:12

instructing us to deny godlessness  and worldly lusts  and to live in a sensible, righteous,  and godly  way in the present age,

James 3:9

With the tongue we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who are made in God’s likeness.

2 Peter 1:4

By these he has given us very great and precious promises,  so that through them you may share in the divine nature,  escaping the corruption that is in the world because of evil desire.

2 Peter 2:20

For if, having escaped the world’s impurity through the knowledge of the Lord  and Saviour Jesus Christ,  they are again entangled in these things and defeated, the last state is worse for them than the first.

2 Peter 3:14

Therefore, dear friends, while you wait for these things, make every effort to be found without spot or blemish in his sight, at peace.