James 1:26 - Good News Bible (Catholic edition in Septuagint order) Do any of you think you are religious? If you do not control your tongue, your religion is worthless and you deceive yourselves. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition If anyone thinks himself to be religious (piously observant of the external duties of his faith) and does not bridle his tongue but deludes his own heart, this person's religious service is worthless (futile, barren). American Standard Version (1901) If any man thinketh himself to be religious, while he bridleth not his tongue but deceiveth his heart, this man’s religion is vain. Common English Bible If those who claim devotion to God don’t control what they say, they mislead themselves. Their devotion is worthless. Catholic Public Domain Version But if anyone considers himself to be religious, but he does not restrain his tongue, but instead seduces his own heart: such a one's religion is vanity. |