Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version
Book of James
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Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 1:25 DSN -> Synopsis on 1:25 GEB -> Study Notes on 1:25 GSB -> Study Notes on 1:25 JFB -> Commentary on 1:25 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 1:25 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 1:25 PNT -> Commentary on 1:25 RWP -> Study Notes on 1:25 TSK -> Commentary on 1:25 TSK -> Entry for 1:25 WEN -> Notes on 1:25 NTB -> Character; Decision; Doer; Forgetting God; Gospel; Hearers; Law; Obedience; Parables; Perfection; Perseverance; Righteous; Stability; Word Of God; Works TTT -> Forgetting God; Liberty, Christian; Obedience to God; Perfection; Perseverance; Scriptures, The; Works, Good EBD -> James, Epistle of 1:25 - [In Context] But you must not be like that. You must carefully study God's perfect law that makes people free. You must continue to study it. You must listen to God's teaching and not forget what you heard. Then you must obey what God's teaching says. When you do this, it will make you truely happy.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 1:26 DSN -> Synopsis on 1:26 GEB -> Study Notes on 1:26 GSB -> Study Notes on 1:26 JFB -> Commentary on 1:26 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 1:26 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 1:26 PNT -> Commentary on 1:26 RWP -> Study Notes on 1:26 SRN -> Study Notes on 1:26 TSK -> Commentary on 1:26 TSK -> Entry for 1:26 WEN -> Notes on 1:26 NTB -> Bridle; Doer; Hypocrisy; Self-Deception; Speaking; Vanity; Works TTT -> Heart, Character of the Unrenewed; Slander; Vanity TV -> Devotional using 1:26 TV -> Devotional using 1:26 TV -> Devotional using 1:26 1:26 - [In Context] You might think you are religious (good). But if you say things you should not say, then you are fooling yourself. Your "religion" is worth nothing.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 1:27 DSN -> Synopsis on 1:27 GEB -> Study Notes on 1:27 GSB -> Study Notes on 1:27 JFB -> Commentary on 1:27 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 1:27 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 1:27 PNT -> Commentary on 1:27 RWP -> Study Notes on 1:27 SRN -> Study Notes on 1:27 TSK -> Commentary on 1:27 TSK -> Entry for 1:27 WEN -> Notes on 1:27 NTB -> Afflictions And Adversities; Doer; God; Holiness; Love; Orphan; Poor; Religion; Righteousness; Sick, The; Sympathy; Works TTT -> Afflicted, Duty toward the; Conduct, Christian; Fatherless; Love to Man; Missionaries, all Christians should be as; Nazarites; Widows EBD -> James, Epistle of; Orphans TV -> Devotional using 1:27 TV -> Devotional using 1:27 TV -> Devotional using 1:27 1:27 - [In Context] The kind of religion (worship) that God accepts is this: caring for orphans F2 or widows F3 who need help, and keeping yourself free from the world's {evil} influence. This is the kind of religion (worship) that God accepts as pure and good.
FOOTNOTES: F2: orphans   Children whose mother and father have died. F3: widows   A woman whose husband has died.

Abbreviations Legend: BCC - Burton Coffman; DSN - Darby's Synopsis; GEB - Gill's Exposition; GSB - Geneva Study Bible; JFB - Jamieson, Fausset, Brown; MHC-COM - Matthew Henry Complete; MHC-CON - Matthew Henry Concise; PNT - People's New Testament; RWP - Robertson's Word Pictures; SRN - Scofield Reference Notes; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; WEN - Wesley's Explanatory Notes; NTB - Nave's Topical Bible; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; TTT - Torrey's Topical Textbook; EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary; TV - Today's Verse; Copyright Statement - Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version © 2001 by World Bible Translation Center, Inc. and used by permission.