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26 Si quelqu'un [parmi vous] croit être religieux alors qu’il ne tient pas sa langue en bride mais trompe son propre cœur, sa religion est sans valeur. 27 La religion pure et sans tache devant Dieu notre Père consiste à s'occuper des orphelins et des veuves dans leur détresse et à ne pas se laisser souiller par le monde.

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26 If anyone [a]among you thinks he is religious, and (A)does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this one’s religion is useless. 27 (B)Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: (C)to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, (D)and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.

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  1. James 1:26 NU omits among you

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.

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