King James Version

James 1:27

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.

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θρησκείαthrēskeiareligionθρησκείαnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “religion”, the subject formG2356(underlying sense: reverence or worship of the gods), worship as expressed in ritual acts, religion.This verse uses “religion”.religionκαθαρὰkatharacleanκαθαρός (katharos)adjective, nominative, singular, feminine — “clean”, the subject formG2513clean, pure, unstained, either literally or ceremonially or spiritually; guiltless, innocent, upright.This verse uses “clean”.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἀμίαντοςamiantosundefiledἀμίαντοςadjective, nominative, singular, feminine — “undefiled”, the subject formG283undefiled, untainted, free from contamination.This verse uses “undefiled”.undefiledπαρὰparabeforeπαράpreposition — “before”G3844gen: from; dat: beside, in the presence of; acc: alongside of.beforeτῷtōtheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, masculine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.θεῷtheōGodθεός (theos)noun, dative, singular, masculine — “God”, the to- or for-formG2316(a) God, (b) a god, generally.This verse uses “God”.Godκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andπατρὶpatriFatherπατήρ (patēr)noun, dative, singular, masculine — “Father”, the to- or for-formG3962father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior.This verse uses “father”.the Fatherαὕτηhautēthisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “this”, the subject formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.thisἐστίνestinto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.ἐπισκέπτεσθαιepiskeptesthaiTo visitἐπισκέπτομαι (episkeptomai)verb, present middle infinitive — “To visit”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1980I look upon, visit, look out, select.This verse uses “visit”.To visitὀρφανοὺςorphanousfatherlessὀρφανός (orphanos)adjective, accusative, plural, masculine — “fatherless”, the object formG3737bereaved, an orphan, fatherless, desolate.the fatherlessκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andχήραςchēraswidowsχήρα (chēra)adjective, accusative, plural, feminine — “widows”, the object formG5503a widow.widowsἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.inτῇtētheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, feminine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.θλίψειthlipseiafflictionθλῖψις (thlipsis)noun, dative, singular, feminine — “affliction”, the to- or for-formG2347persecution, affliction, distress, tribulation.This verse uses “affliction”.afflictionαὐτῶνautōnheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, plural, masculine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.ἄσπιλονaspilonunspottedἄσπιλος (aspilos)adjective, accusative, singular, masculine — “unspotted”, the object formG784unstained, undefiled, spotless, pure.unspottedἑαυτὸνheautonmyἑαυτοῦ (heautou)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “my”, the object formG1438himself, herself, itself.τηρεῖνtēreinto keepτηρέω (tēreō)verb, present active infinitive — “to keep”, an ongoing or repeated actionG5083I keep, guard, observe, watch over.This verse uses “keep”.ἀπὸapofromἀπόpreposition — “from”G575from, away from.This verse uses “from”.fromτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.κόσμουkosmouworldκόσμος (kosmos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “world”, the of-formG2889the world, universe; worldly affairs; the inhabitants of the world; adornment.the world

Literal (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.

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American Standard Version (1901)

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.

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.

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.

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.

Douay-Rheims

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.

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