James 1:23-27 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

23. If you hear the message and don't obey it, you are like people who stare at themselves in a mirror

24. and forget what they look like as soon as they leave.

25. But you must never stop looking at the perfect law that sets you free. God will bless you in everything you do, if you listen and obey, and don't just hear and forget.

26. If you think you are being religious, but can't control your tongue, you are fooling yourself, and everything you do is useless.

27. Religion that pleases God the Father must be pure and spotless. You must help needy orphans and widows and not let this world make you evil.

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