Where a verse leads
James 1:27: Where It Appears, and Where It Leads to Christ
“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.”James 1:27
James 1:27 is one of the verses The Living Bread keeps returning to. It anchors 5 different readings across the site. Each is listed below, with an honest note on how directly it is read of Christ. Read the verse first, then follow it wherever it leads.
Read it in its place
25 But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed. 26 If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain. 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.
James 1 · King James Version
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Questions people ask
What does James 1:27 mean?
James 1:27 is one of the verses The Living Bread returns to again and again, because it opens onto Christ from several directions at once. Read it in its passage above, then follow the collections below to see how it is read across Scripture, each honestly labeled for how directly it speaks of Jesus.
Where is James 1:27 in the Bible?
James 1:27 is found in the book and chapter named in the reference. You can read the whole chapter, in the King James Version, on The Living Bread.
How does James 1:27 point to Jesus?
Follow the collections gathered on this page. Each one opens James 1:27 from a different angle, and together they show how the verse, read in its place, leads to Christ, who said that all the Scriptures speak of Him.