Yakobus 1:27

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

Yakobus 4:4

4:4 Adulterers, do you not know that friendship with the world means hostility toward God? ³  So whoever decides to be the world’s friend makes himself God’s enemy.

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

[1:27]  ² tn Grk “the God and Father.”

[4:4]  ³ tn Grk “is hostility toward God.”