James 1 26
If you claim to be religious but don’t control your tongue, you are fooling yourself, and your religion is worthless.
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EAS James 1:26Maybe some of you think that you are serving God well. But if you also say bad things about people, you do not serve God well at all. You are doing something bad even when you think you are doing good things.
NCV James 1:26People who think they are religious but say things they should not say are just fooling themselves. Their “religion” is worth nothing.
YLT James 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;