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THE GENERAL EPISTLE OF
JAMES
CHAPTER 1
27 Pure
a
religion
and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To
b
visit
the
c
fatherless
and
d
widows
in their
e
affliction
,
and
to keep himself
f
unspotted
from
g
the
h
world
.
Footnotes
27
a
TG
Charity
.
b
D&C 44: 6
.
6 Behold, I say unto you, that ye must
a
visit
the poor and the needy and administer to their relief, that they may be kept until all things may be done according to my law which ye have received. Amen.
TG
Benevolence
.
TG
Good Works
.
TG
Welfare
.
c
Deut. 26: 13
.
13 Then thou shalt say before the
Lord
thy God, I have brought away the
a
hallowed
things out of
mine
house, and also have given them unto the Levite, and unto the stranger, to the
b
fatherless
, and to the widow, according to all thy commandments which thou hast commanded me: I have not transgressed thy commandments, neither have I forgotten
them:
Job 22: 9
.
9 Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the
a
fatherless
have been broken.
Job 31: 21 (21-22)
21 If I have lifted up my hand against the
a
fatherless
, when I saw my help in the gate:
Ps. 10: 14
.
14 Thou hast seen
it;
for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite
it
with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the
a
fatherless
.
Ps. 146: 9 (1-10)
9 The
Lord
preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the
a
fatherless
and
b
widow
: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.
3 Ne. 24: 5
.
5 And I will come
a
near
to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the
b
sorcerers
, and against the adulterers, and against false
c
swearers
, and against those that
d
oppress
the hireling in his wages, the widow and the
e
fatherless
, and that turn aside the
f
stranger
, and fear not me, saith the Lord of Hosts.
D&C 136: 8 (7-9)
8 Let each company
a
bear
an equal proportion, according to the dividend of their property, in taking the poor, the
b
widows
, the
c
fatherless
, and the families of those who have gone into the army, that the cries of the widow and the
d
fatherless
come not up into the ears of the Lord against this people.
d
TG
Widows
.
e
TG
Affliction
.
f
1 Tim. 5: 22
.
22
a
Lay
b
hands
suddenly on no
c
man
, neither be
d
partaker
of other men’s sins: keep thyself
e
pure
.
1 Jn. 5: 18
.
18 We know that whosoever is
a
born
of God
b
sinneth
not; but he that is begotten of God
c
keepeth
himself, and that
d
wicked
one toucheth him not.
D&C 59: 9
.
9 And that thou mayest more fully keep thyself
a
unspotted
from the world, thou shalt go to the house of
b
prayer
and offer up thy
c
sacraments
upon my
d
holy
day;
TG
Chastity
.
g
JST
James 1: 27 . . .
the vices of
the world.
h
TG
Worldliness
.
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