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;


In Context

23 because, if any one is a hearer of the word and not a doer, this one hath been like to a man viewing his natural face in a mirror,

24 for he did view himself, and hath gone away, and immediately he did forget of what kind he was;

25 and he who did look into the perfect law — that of liberty, and did continue there, this one — not a forgetful hearer becoming, but a doer of work — this one shall be happy in his doing.

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

27 religion pure and undefiled with the God and Father is this, to look after orphans and widows in their tribulation — unspotted to keep himself 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 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 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.