James: 2 (2/2)

You know this, my beloved brothers and sisters. Now everyone must be… James 1:19

You know this, my beloved brothers and sisters. Now everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger. James 1:19	Remember this, my beloved brethren: everyone should be quick to listen but slow to speak and slow to anger. speaking listening anger
Therefore, ridding yourselves of all filthiness and all that remains of wickedness, in humility receive the word implanted, which is able to save your souls. James 1:21	Therefore, rid yourselves of everything sordid and of every wicked excess, and welcome in all humility the word that is implanted in you and is able to save your souls. salvation Word of God evil

But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not just hearers who deceive themselves. James 1:22	Be doers of the word and not just hearers who only deceive themselves. obedience Word of God listening
But one who has looked intently at the perfect law, the law of freedom, and has continued in it, not having become a forgetful hearer but an active doer, this person will be blessed in what he does. James 1:25	However, the one who looks intently at the perfect law of freedom and perseveres—not forgetting what he has heard but putting it into practice—will be blessed in everything he does. law blessing listening
If anyone thinks himself to be religious, yet does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this person’s religion is worthless. James 1:26	If anyone thinks that he is religious but does not restrain his tongue, he is deceiving himself, and his religion is worthless. speaking
Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world. James 1:27	Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and undefiled is this: to come to the aid of orphans and widows in their hardships and to keep oneself untarnished by the world. sin blameless widows