James 1:24-27

1:24 For he gazes at himself and then goes out and immediately forgets ¹  what sort of person he was. 1:25 But the one who peers into the perfect law of liberty and fixes his attention there, ²  and does not become a forgetful listener but one who lives it out – he ³  will be blessed in what he does. ⁴  1:26 If someone thinks he is religious yet does not bridle his tongue, and so deceives his heart, his religion is futile. 1:27 Pure and undefiled religion before ⁵  God the Father ⁶  is this: to care for orphans and widows in their misfortune and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

¹ tn Grk “and he has gone out and immediately has forgotten.”

² tn Grk “continues.”

³ tn Grk “this one.”

⁴ tn Grk “in his doing.”

⁵ tn Or “in the sight of”; Grk “with.”

⁶ tn Grk “the God and Father.”