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Holman Christian Standard Bible
26 If anyone thinks he is religious, without controlling his tongue but deceiving his heart, his religion is useless.
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English Standard Version
26 If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person's religion is worthless.
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King James Version
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.
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The Message Bible
26 Anyone who sets himself up as "religious" by talking a good game is self-deceived. This kind of religion is hot air and only hot air.
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New American Standard Bible
26 If anyone thinks himself to be religious, and yet does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this man's religion is worthless.
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New International Version
26 Those who consider themselves religious and yet do not keep a tight rein on their tongues deceive themselves, and their religion is worthless.
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New King James Version
26 If anyone among you thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this one's religion is useless.
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New Living Translation
26 If you claim to be religious but don’t control your tongue, you are fooling yourself, and your religion is worthless.
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New Revised Standard
26 If any think they are religious, and do not bridle their tongues but deceive their hearts, their religion is worthless.
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American Standard Version
26 If any man thinketh himself to be religious, while he bridleth not his tongue but deceiveth his heart, this man's religion is vain.
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The Bible in Basic English
26 If a man seems to have religion and has no control over his tongue but lets himself be tricked by what is false, this man's religion is of no value.
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Common English Bible
26 If those who claim devotion to God don't control what they say, they mislead themselves. Their devotion is worthless.
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Common English Bible w/ Apocrypha
26 If those who claim devotion to God don't control what they say, they mislead themselves. Their devotion is worthless.
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The Complete Jewish Bible
26 Anyone who thinks he is religiously observant but does not control his tongue is deceiving himself, and his observance counts for nothing.
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The Darby Translation
26 If any one think himself to be religious, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart, this man's religion is vain.
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Good News Translation
26 Do any of you think you are religious? If you do not control your tongue, your religion is worthless and you deceive yourself.
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Good News Translation w/ Apocrypha
26 Do any of you think you are religious? If you do not control your tongue, your religion is worthless and you deceive yourself.
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GOD'S WORD Translation
26 If a person thinks that he is religious but can't control his tongue, he is fooling himself. That person's religion is worthless.
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Hebrew Names Version
26 If anyone among you thinks himself to be religious, while he doesn't bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man's religion is worthless.
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Jubilee Bible 2000
26 If anyone among you thinks to be religious and does not bridle his tongue, but deceives his own heart, his religion is vain.
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King James Version w/ Apocrypha
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.
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Lexham English Bible
26 If anyone thinks he is religious, [although he] does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person's religion [is] worthless.
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New Century Version
26 People who think they are religious but say things they should not say are just fooling themselves. Their "religion" is worth nothing.
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New International Reader's Version
26 Suppose you think your beliefs are right because of how you live. But you don't control what you say. Then you are fooling yourselves. Your beliefs are not worth anything at all.
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New Revised Standard w/ Apocrypha
26 If any think they are religious, and do not bridle their tongues but deceive their hearts, their religion is worthless.
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Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible
26 And if any man think himself to be religious, not bridling his tongue but deceiving his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.
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Revised Standard Version
26 If any one thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this man's religion is vain.
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Revised Standard Version w/ Apocrypha
26 If any one thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this man's religion is vain.
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SBL Greek New Testament
26 Εἴ τις δοκεῖ θρησκὸς εἶναι μὴ χαλιναγωγῶν γλῶσσαν αὐτοῦ ἀλλὰ ἀπατῶν καρδίαν αὐτοῦ, τούτου μάταιος ἡ θρησκεία.
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Third Millennium Bible
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.
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Third Millennium Bible w/ Apocrypha
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.
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Tyndale
26 Yf eny man amonge you seme devoute and refrayne not his tonge: but deceave his awne herte this mannes devocion is in vayne
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The Latin Vulgate
26 si quis autem putat se religiosum esse non refrenans linguam suam sed seducens cor suum huius vana est religio
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The Latin Vulgate w/ Apocrypha
26 si quis autem putat se religiosum esse non refrenans linguam suam sed seducens cor suum huius vana est religio
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The Webster Bible
26 If any man among you seemeth to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion [is] vain.
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World English Bible
26 If anyone among you thinks himself to be religious, while he doesn't bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man's religion is worthless.
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Weymouth New Testament
26 If a man thinks that he is scrupulously religious, although he is not curbing his tongue but is deceiving himself, his religious service is worthless.
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Wycliffe
26 And if any man guesseth himself to be religious, and refraineth not his tongue, but deceiveth his heart, the religion of him is vain.
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Young's Literal Translation
26 If any one doth think to be religious among you, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart, of this one vain [is] the religion;
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