James 1:27 Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction… Once, referring to the fact that orphanages are never maintained by infidels, Mr. Spurgeon used the felicitous expression, "The God that answereth by orphanages, let Him be God." (H. P. Hughes, M. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: 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. |