Religion is like BAD BREATH...

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James 1 (KJV) 26 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.
27 Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

Religion
G2356

θρησκεία

thrēskeia

Thayer Definition:

1) religious worship

1a) especially external, that which consists of ceremonies

1a1) religious discipline, religion

Part of Speech: noun feminine

A Related Word by Thayer’s/Strong’s Number: from a derivative of G2357

Citing in TDNT: 3:155, 337

Total KJV Occurrences: 4

religion, 3

Acts 26:5, James 1:26-27 (2)

worshipping, 1

Col 2:18

Religious
G2357

θρῆσκος

thrēskos

Thayer Definition:

1) fearing or worshipping God

2) to tremble

2a) trembling, fearful

Part of Speech: adjective

A Related Word by Thayer’s/Strong’s Number: probably from the base of G2360

Citing in TDNT: 3:155, 337

Total KJV Occurrences: 1

religious, 1

James 1:26