26If any one think himself to be religious, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart, this man's religion is vain.


In Context

23 For if any man be a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like to a man considering his natural face in a mirror:

24 for he has considered himself and is gone away, and straightway he has forgotten what he was like.

25 But he that fixes his view on the perfect law, that of liberty, and abides in it, being not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, he shall be blessed in his doing.

26 If any one think himself to be religious, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart, this man's religion is vain.

27 Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, to keep oneself unspotted from the world.

James 1:26 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:26If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion [is] vain.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:26If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not keep a tight rein on his tongue, he deceives himself and his religion is worthless.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:26And if any man think himself to be religious, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his own heart, this man's religion is vain.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:26If any man thinketh himself to be religious, while he bridleth not his tongue but deceiveth his heart, this man's religion is vain.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:26If any man thinketh himself to be religious, while he bridleth not his tongue but deceiveth his heart, this man's religion is vain.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:26If any man among you seemeth to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:26If anyone among you thinks himself to be religious while he doesn't bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man's religion is worthless.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:26If any one doth think to be religious among you, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart, of this one vain is the religion;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:26If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridles not his tongue, but deceives his own heart, this man's religion is vain.