James 1:27

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Pure

To visit

To keep

General references

Exodus 22:22

Matthew 5:42

Bible References

Pure

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and not hypocritical.

(Alef) How blessed are those whose actions are blameless, who obey the law of the Lord.

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

They were both righteous in the sight of God, following all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blamelessly.

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

But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they should first learn to fulfill their duty toward their own household and so repay their parents what is owed them. For this is what pleases God.

To visit

for I rescued the poor who cried out for help, and the orphan who had no one to assist him;

Did not the one who made me in the womb make them? Did not the same one form us in the womb?

He is a father to the fatherless and an advocate for widows. God rules from his holy palace.

Wash! Cleanse yourselves! Remove your sinful deeds from my sight. Stop sinning!

No, this is the kind of fast I want. I want you to remove the sinful chains, to tear away the ropes of the burdensome yoke, to set free the oppressed, and to break every burdensome yoke.

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.

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision carries any weight -- the only thing that matters is faith working through love.

So we must not grow weary in doing good, for in due time we will reap, if we do not give up.

But whoever has the world's possessions and sees his fellow Christian in need and shuts off his compassion against him, how can the love of God reside in such a person?

To keep

Adulterers, do you not know that friendship with the world means hostility toward God? So whoever decides to be the world's friend makes himself God's enemy.

I have given them your word, and the world has hated them, because they do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world.

Do not be conformed to this present world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may test and approve what is the will of God -- what is good and well-pleasing and perfect.

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

But 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.

Therefore, if you have been raised with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.

Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him,

because This is the conquering power that has conquered the world: our faith.

General references

"You must not afflict any widow or orphan.

Give to the one who asks you, and do not reject the one who wants to borrow from you.