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NASB	James 1:27 Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.
AMPLIFIED 2015	James 1:27 Pure and unblemished religion [as it is expressed in outward acts] in the sight of our God and Father is this: to visit and look after the fatherless and the widows in their distress, and to keep oneself uncontaminated by the [secular] world.

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Bible Question: I appreciate the reply that was given but I know somewhere in the bible it says that we are to take care of the ophans and widows as a church body. I am starting a ministry that our church will take care of things around our widows house if they don't have any family to do it for them. I want to use this as a mission statement for our ministries. I know it states that but I can't find it. Please help!!

Bible Answer: Hi, Snoopy...

I suspect that you might be thinking of the following:

Honor widows who are truly widows. But if a widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to show godliness to their own household and to make some return to their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God. She who is truly a widow, left all alone, has set her hope on God and continues in supplications and prayers night and day, but she who is self-indulgent is dead even while she lives. (1 Timothy 5:3-6 ESV)

Note that it was not the responsibility of the church to care for widows who have grown children. The Jews had a particularly odious practice of bypassing their responsibility to parents (see Matthew 7:9-13), contrary to the clear social mandate of God.

Before beginning a ministry of the sort you are proposing, it would do well for you to have a thorough understanding of Scriptural mandates. Otherwise, you could find yourself helping some inappropriately and neglecting others in real need. Remember that there are two parts to James 1:27. Many have gone astray by failing to find that proper balance.

In Him, Doc

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