TSK · James 1:27

for I rescued the poor who cried out for help, and the orphan who had no one to assist him;

He is a father to the fatherless and an advocate for widows. God rules from his holy dwelling place.

Wash! Cleanse yourselves! Remove your sinful deeds from my sight. Stop sinning!

No, this is the kind of fast I want. I want you to remove the sinful chains, to tear away the ropes of the burdensome yoke, to set free the oppressed, and to break every burdensome yoke.

Then the king will say to those on his right,‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

I have given them your word, and the world has hated them, because they do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world.

who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from this present evil age according to the will of our God and Father,

So we must not grow weary in doing good, for in due time we will reap, if we do not give up.

Exhortations to Seek the Things Above Therefore, if you have been raised with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.

But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they should first learn to fulfill their duty toward their own household and so repay their parents what is owed them. For this is what pleases God.

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

But whoever has the world’s possessions and sees his fellow Christian in need and shuts off his compassion against him, how can the love of God reside in such a person?

We know that everyone fathered by God does not sin, but God protects the one he has fathered, and the evil one cannot touch him.