James 4:4

4:4 Adulterers, do you not know that friendship with the world means hostility toward God? ¹  So whoever decides to be the world’s friend makes himself God’s enemy.

James 1:27

1:27 Pure and undefiled religion before ²  God the Father ³  is this: to care for orphans and widows in their misfortune and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

[4:4]  ¹ tn Grk “is hostility toward God.”

[1:27]  ² tn Or “in the sight of”; Grk “with.”

[1:27]  ³ tn Grk “the God and Father.”