James 1:26 – 27 26If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person’s religion is worthless.  27Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.

James 1:22 – 25 22But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.  23For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror.  24For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what […]

James 1:19 – 21 19Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger;  20for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God.  21Therefore put away all filthiness and rampant wickedness and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

James 1:16 – 18 16Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers.  17Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.  18Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a […]