New American Bible, Revised Edition

James 1:23-27 New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)

23. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his own face in a mirror.

24. He sees himself, then goes off and promptly forgets what he looked like.

25. But the one who peers into the perfect law of freedom and perseveres, and is not a hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, such a one shall be blessed in what he does.

26. If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, his religion is vain.

27. Religion that is pure and undefiled before God and the Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their affliction and to keep oneself unstained by the world.