James 1:27
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27 Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: (A)to visit (B)orphans and widows in their affliction, and (C)to keep oneself (D)unstained from the world.
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Isaiah 1:16-17
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16 (A)Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean;
remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes;
(B)cease to do evil,
17 learn to do good;
(C)seek justice,
correct oppression;
(D)bring justice to the fatherless,
plead the widow's cause.
1 John 3:17-19
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17 But (A)if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet (B)closes his heart against him, (C)how does God's love abide in him? 18 Little children, let us not (D)love in word or talk but in deed and (E)in truth.
19 By this we shall know that we are of the truth and reassure our heart before him;
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Matthew 25:34-46
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34 Then (A)the King will say to (B)those on his right, ‘Come, you (C)who are blessed by my Father, (D)inherit (E)the kingdom (F)prepared for you (G)from the foundation of the world. 35 For (H)I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you (I)gave me drink, (J)I was a stranger and you welcomed me, 36 (K)I was naked and you clothed me, (L)I was sick and you (M)visited me, (N)I was in prison and you came to me.’ 37 Then the righteous will answer him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? 38 And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? 39 And when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?’ 40 And (O)the King will answer them, (P)‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these (Q)my brothers,[a] you did it to me.’
41 “Then he will say to those on his left, (R)‘Depart from me, you (S)cursed, into (T)the eternal fire prepared for (U)the devil and his angels. 42 For (V)I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink, 43 I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.’ 44 Then they also will answer, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to you?’ 45 Then he will answer them, saying, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did not do it to one of the least of these, (W)you did not do it to me.’ 46 And these will go away (X)into eternal punishment, but the righteous (Y)into (Z)eternal life.”
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- Matthew 25:40 Or brothers and sisters
Romans 12:2
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2 (A)Do not be conformed to this world,[a] but be transformed by (B)the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may (C)discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.[b]
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- Romans 12:2 Greek age
- Romans 12:2 Or what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God
1 John 2:15-17
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Do Not Love the World
15 (A)Do not love the world or the things in the world. (B)If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world—(C)the desires of the flesh and (D)the desires of the eyes and pride of life[a]—is not from the Father but is from the world. 17 And (E)the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.
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- 1 John 2:16 Or pride in possessions
Isaiah 58:6-7
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6 “Is not this the fast that I choose:
(A)to loose the bonds of wickedness,
to undo the straps (B)of the yoke,
to let the oppressed[a] go free,
and to break every yoke?
7 Is it not (C)to share your bread with the hungry
and bring the homeless poor into your house;
when you see the naked, to cover him,
(D)and not to hide yourself from your own flesh?
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- Isaiah 58:6 Or bruised
James 4:4
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4 (A)You adulterous people![a] Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? (B)Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
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- James 4:4 Or You adulteresses!
Colossians 3:1-3
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Put On the New Self
3 (A)If then you have been raised with Christ, seek (B)the things that are above, where Christ is, (C)seated at the right hand of God. 2 (D)Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. 3 For (E)you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
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Psalm 119:1
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Your Word Is a Lamp to My Feet
Aleph
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- Psalm 119:1 This psalm is an acrostic poem of twenty-two stanzas, following the letters of the Hebrew alphabet; within a stanza, each verse begins with the same Hebrew letter
Job 31:15-20
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15 Did (A)not he who made me in the womb make him?
And did not one fashion us in the womb?
16 “If I have (B)withheld anything that the poor desired,
or have (C)caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
17 or have eaten my morsel alone,
and the fatherless has not eaten of it
18 (for from my youth the fatherless[a] grew up with me as with a father,
and from my mother's womb I guided the widow[b]),
19 if I have seen anyone (D)perish for (E)lack of clothing,
or the needy without (F)covering,
20 if his body has not (G)blessed me,[c]
and if he was not warmed with the fleece of my sheep,
1 Timothy 5:4
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4 But if a widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn (A)to show godliness to their own household and to make some return to their parents, for (B)this is pleasing in the sight of God.
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Job 29:12-13
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12 because I (A)delivered the poor who cried for help,
and the fatherless who had none to help him.
13 (B)The blessing of him who was (C)about to perish came upon me,
and I caused (D)the widow's heart to sing for joy.
1 Timothy 1:5
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5 The aim of our charge is love (A)that issues from a pure heart and (B)a good conscience and (C)a sincere faith.
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Luke 1:6
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6 And they were both (A)righteous before God, walking (B)blamelessly in all the commandments and statutes of the Lord.
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Psalm 68:5
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1 John 5:4-5
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4 For (A)everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—(B)our faith. 5 Who is it that overcomes the world except the one who believes (C)that Jesus is the Son of God?
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Matthew 5:8
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8 “Blessed are (A)the pure in heart, for (B)they shall see God.
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1 John 5:18
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18 We know that (A)everyone who has been born of God does not keep on sinning, but (B)he who was born of God (C)protects him, and the evil one does not touch him.
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Isaiah 1:23
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23 Your princes are rebels
and companions of thieves.
Everyone (A)loves a bribe
and runs after gifts.
(B)They do not bring justice to the fatherless,
and the widow's cause does not come to them.
Galatians 6:14
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14 But far be it from me to boast (A)except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which[a] the world (B)has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
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- Galatians 6:14 Or through whom
John 17:14-15
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Galatians 5:6
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6 For in Christ Jesus (A)neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but (B)only faith working through love.
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