²¹ Therefore, ^(A)ridding yourselves of all filthiness and all ^[a]that remains of wickedness, in ^[b]humility receive ^(B)the word implanted, which is able to save your souls. ^22 (C)But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not just hearers who deceive themselves. ²³ For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his ^[c]natural face ^(D)in a mirror; ²⁴ for once he has looked at himself and gone away, ^[d]he has immediately forgotten what kind of person he was. ²⁵ But one who has looked intently at the perfect law, ^(E)the law of freedom, and has continued in it, not having become a forgetful hearer but ^[e]an active doer, this person will be ^(F)blessed in ^[f]what he does.

²⁶ If anyone thinks himself to be religious, yet does not ^[g](G)bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this person’s religion is worthless. ²⁷ Pure and undefiled religion ^(H)in the sight of our God and Father is this: to ^(I)visit ^(J)orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained ^[h]by ^(K)the world.