James 1:27

James Moffatt - New Testament

Pure, unsoiled religion in the judgment of God the Father means this: to care for orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself from the stain of the world.

Cross References

Romans 12:2

Instead of being moulded to this world, have your mind renewed, and so be transformed in nature, able to make out what the will of God is, namely, what is good and acceptable to him and perfect.

James 4:4

(Wanton creatures! do you not know that the world's friendship means enmity to God? Whoever, then, chooses to be the world's friend, turns enemy to God.

1 Timothy 5:4

(When a widow has children or grandchildren, they must learn that the first duty of religion is to their own household, and that they should make some return to those who have brought them up. In God's sight this is an acceptable thing.)

1 Timothy 1:5

Whereas the aim of the Christian discipline is the love that springs from a pure heart, from a good conscience, and from a sincere faith.

Luke 1:6

They were both just in the sight of God, blameless in their obedience to all the commands and regulations of God;

Matthew 5:8

Blessed are the pure in heart! they will see God.

1 John 5:18

We know that anyone who is born of God does not sin; He who was born of God preserves him, and the evil One never catches him.

James 3:17

The wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peaceable, forbearing, conciliatory, full of mercy and wholesome fruit, unambiguous, straightforward;

Galatians 6:14

But no boasting for me, none except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me and I crucified to the world.

Galatians 1:4

who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil world — by the will of our God and Father,

Galatians 5:6

in Christ Jesus circumcision is not valid, neither is uncircumcision, but only faith active in love.

Matthew 12:32

Whoever says a word against the Son of man will be forgiven, but whoever speaks against the holy Spirit will never be forgiven, neither in this world nor in the world to come.

Romans 2:13

For it is not the hearers of the Law who are just in the eyes of God, it is those who obey the Law who will be acquitted,

Galatians 3:11

And because no one is justified on the score of the Law before God (plainly, the just shall live by faith, —

Ephesians 2:2

in which you moved as you followed the course of this world, under the sway of the prince of the air — the spirit which is at present active within those sons of disobedience

Titus 2:12

and it schools us to renounce irreligion and worldly passions and to live a life of self-mastery, of integrity, and of piety in this present world,

James 3:9

With the tongue we bless the Lord and Father, and with the tongue we curse men made in God's likeness;

2 Peter 1:4

bestowing on us thereby promises precious and supreme, that by means of them you may escape the corruption produced within the world by lust, and participate in the divine nature —

2 Peter 2:20

After escaping the pollutions of the world by the knowledge of our Lord and saviour Jesus Christ, if they get entangled and overpowered again, the last state is worse for them than the first.

2 Peter 3:14

Then, beloved, as you are expecting this, be eager to be found by him unspotted and unblemished in serene assurance.