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Therefore, ^(C1)ridding yourselves of all filthiness and all ^(F1)that remains of wickedness, in ^(F2)humility receive ^(C2)the word implanted, which is able to save your souls.

^(C1)But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not just hearers who deceive themselves.

For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his ^(F1)natural face ^(C1)in a mirror;

for once he has looked at himself and gone away, ^(F1)he has immediately forgotten what kind of person he was.

But one who has looked intently at the perfect law, ^(C1)the law of freedom, and has continued in it, not having become a forgetful hearer but ^(F1)an active doer, this person will be ^(C2)blessed in ^(F2)what he does.

If anyone thinks himself to be religious, yet does not ^(F1)(C1)bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this person's religion is worthless.

Pure and undefiled religion ^(C1)in the sight of our God and Father is this: to ^(C2)visit ^(C3)orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained ^(F1)by ^(C4)the world.