1. James 1:27 (ESV)
  2. Application

Ways to keep oneself unstained

James 1:27 (ESV)

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

We must avoid the defilement of the world's system in its attacks and enticements on our lust. We do that in three ways. [One can remember these three ways as the three Cs, since all three] words start with a C. We maintain a pure conscience; we maintain communion with God; and we promote and maintain contempt with the world.1

Joseph A. Pipa