James 1:27 — King James Version← Study notes
“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 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · James 1:2725 words
θρησκείαthrēskeiareligion, worshipping
καθαρὰkatharaclean, clear, pure
καὶkaiand / also
ἀμίαντοςamiantosundefiled
παρὰparaabove, against, among
τῷtōthe
θεῷtheōGod
καὶkaiand / also
πατρὶpatrifather, parent
αὕτηhautēhe (it was that), hereof, it
ἐστίνestinam, have been, is I
ἐπισκέπτεσθαιepiskeptesthailook
out, visit
ὀρφανοὺςorphanouscomfortless, fatherless
καὶkaiand / also
χήραςchēraswidow
ἐνenabout, after, against
τῇtēthe
θλίψειthlipseiafflicted(-tion), anguish, burdened
αὐτῶνautōnhe / she / it / same
ἄσπιλονaspilonwithout spot, unspotted
ἑαυτὸνheautonalone, her (own, -self)
τηρεῖνtēreinhold fast, keep(- er), (pre-
ἀπὸapofrom
τοῦtouthe
κόσμουkosmouworld
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
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