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


In Context

23 Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror

24 and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like.

25 But the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it--he will be blessed in what he does.

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

27 Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by 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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:26If any one think himself to be religious, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving 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.