James 1:27

The Text-Critical English New Testament

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

Cross References

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, neither in the present age nor in the age to come.

Matthew 5:8

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

Luke 1:6

They were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and regulations of the Lord.

Romans 12:2

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

Romans 2:13

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

Galatians 1:4

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

Galatians 3:11

Now it is evident that no one is justified before God by the law, because “the righteous will live by faith.”

Galatians 5:6

For in Christ Jesus neither does circumcision have any significance, nor uncircumcision, but what matters is faith working through love.

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.

Ephesians 2:2

in which you once walked when you followed the ways of this world and the ruler of the realm of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience.

1 Timothy 1:5

The goal of our instruction is love from a pure heart, from a good conscience, and from sincere faith.

1 Timothy 5:4

But if any widow has children or grandchildren, they should first learn to show godliness toward their own household and to make some repayment to their parents, for this is acceptable in the sight of God.

Titus 2:12

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

James 3:17

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easily entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial, and unhypocritical.

James 3:9

With it we bless God our Father, and with it we curse men, who are made in God's likeness.

James 4:4

Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes 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, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of evil desires.

2 Peter 2:20

For if after they have escaped from the defilements of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in these defilements and overcome, the last state is worse for them than the first.

2 Peter 3:14

Therefore, beloved, as you wait for these things, be diligent to be found at peace, spotless and blameless in his sight.

1 John 5:18

We know that no one who has been born of God continues in sin, but he who is born of God guards himself, and the evil one does not touch him.