11 translations · Greek
James 1:27
Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.
James 1:27 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.
- KJV King James Version
- 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.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- religion pure and undefiled with the God and Father is this: to look after orphans and widows in their tribulation—to keep himself unspotted from the world.
- FBV Free Bible Version
- In the eyes of our God and Father, religion that's pure and genuine is to visit orphans and widows in their suffering, and to keep yourself from being contaminated by the world.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- religion pure and undefiled with the God and Father is this, to look after orphans and widows in their tribulation — unspotted to keep himself from the world.
- DBY Darby Translation
- Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, to keep oneself unspotted from the world.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- 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.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- Religion clean and undefiled before God and the Father, is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their tribulation: and to keep one’s self unspotted from this world.
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| θρησκεία | thrēskeia | religion | G2356 θρησκεία religion |
| καθαρὰ | kathara | Pure | G2513 καθαρός clean |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| ἀμίαντος | amiantos | undefiled | G283 ἀμίαντος pure |
| παρὰ | para | before | G3844 παρά from/with/beside |
| τῷ | tō | [our] | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| Θεῷ | Theō | God | G2316 θεός God |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| Πατρὶ | Patri | Father | G3962 πατήρ father |
| αὕτη | hautē | this | G3778 οὗτος this/he/she/it |
| ἐστίν | estin | is | G1510 εἰμί to be |
| ἐπισκέπτεσθαι | episkeptesthai | to care for | G1980 ἐπισκέπτομαι to visit/care for |
| ὀρφανοὺς | orphanous | orphans | G3737 ὀρφανός orphan |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| χήρας | chēras | widows | G5503 χήρα widow |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 ἐν in/on/among |
| τῇ | tē | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| θλίψει | thlipsei | distress | G2347 θλῖψις pressure |
| αὐτῶν | autōn | their | G846 αὐτός it/s/he |
| ἄσπιλον | aspilon | from being polluted | G784 ἄσπιλος spotless |
| ἑαυτὸν | heauton | oneself | G1438 ἑαυτοῦ themself |
| τηρεῖν | tērein | [and] to keep | G5083 τηρέω to keep: observe |
| ἀπὸ | apo | by | G575 ἀπό away from |
| τοῦ | tou | the | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| κόσμου | kosmou | world | G2889 κόσμος world |
Related verses
- Isaiah 1:16–17
Wash yourselves, make yourself clean. Put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes. Cease to do evil. Learn to do well. Seek justice. Relieve the oppressed. Judge the fatherless. Plead for the widow.”
- 1 John 3:17–19
But whoever has the world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and closes his heart of compassion against him, how does God’s love remain in him? My little children, let’s not love in word only, or with the tongue only, but in deed and truth. And by this we know that we are of the truth, and persuade our hearts before him,
- Galatians 6:9–10
Let us not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we don’t give up. So then, as we have opportunity, let’s do what is good toward all men, and especially toward those who are of the household of the faith.
- Romans 12:2
Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.
- Matthew 25:34–46
Then the King will tell those on his right hand, ‘Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; for I was hungry, and you gave me food to eat. I was thirsty, and you gave me drink. I was a stranger, and you took me in. I was naked, and you clothed me. I was sick, and you visited me. I was in prison, and you came to me.’ …
- Isaiah 58:6–7
“Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to release the bonds of wickedness, to undo the straps of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and that you break every yoke? Isn’t it to distribute your bread to the hungry, and that you bring the poor who are cast out to your house? When you see the naked, that you cover him; and that you not hide yourself from your own flesh?
- 1 John 2:15–17
Don’t love the world or the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the Father’s love isn’t in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, isn’t the Father’s, but is the world’s. The world is passing away with its lusts, but he who does God’s will remains forever.
- Job 31:15–20
Didn’t he who made me in the womb make him? Didn’t one fashion us in the womb? “If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail, or have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless has not eaten of it …
- 1 Timothy 5:4
But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety towards their own family, and to repay their parents, for this is acceptable in the sight of God.
- Job 29:12–13
Because I delivered the poor who cried, and the fatherless also, who had no one to help him, the blessing of him who was ready to perish came on me, and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
25 But he who looks into the perfect law of freedom, and continues, not being a hearer who forgets, but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in what he does.
26 If anyone among you thinks himself to be religious while he doesn’t bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man’s religion is worthless.
27 Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.
Read all of James 1 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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