James 1:27 References

27 Pure and undefiled religion ain the sight of our God and Father is this: to bvisit corphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by dthe world.

d Matthew 12:32, Ephesians 2:2, Titus 2:12, James 4:4, 2 Peter 1:4, 2 Peter 2:20, 1 John 2:15-17


Matthew 12

32 "aWhoever speaks a word against the Son of Man, it shall be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, either in bthis age or in the age to come.

Ephesians 2

2 in which you aformerly walked according to the course of bthis world, according to cthe prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in dthe sons of disobedience.

Titus 2

12 instructing us to deny ungodliness and aworldly desires and bto live sensibly, righteously and godly cin the present age,

James 4

4 You aadulteresses, do you not know that friendship with bthe world is chostility toward God? dTherefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

2 Peter 1

4 For by these He has granted to us His precious and magnificent apromises, so that by them you may become bpartakers of the divine nature, having cescaped the dcorruption that is in ethe world by lust.

2 Peter 2

20 For if, after they have aescaped the defilements of the world by bthe knowledge of the cLord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again dentangled in them and are overcome, ethe last state has become worse for them than the first.

1 John 2

15 Do not love athe world nor the things in the world. bIf anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
16 For all that is in the world, athe lust of the flesh and bthe lust of the eyes and cthe boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world.
17 aThe world is passing away, and also its lusts; but the one who bdoes the will of God lives forever.