“If any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: for he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed. 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. 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.” {TM 125.1}

»Thi hvis nogen er ordets hører og ikke dets gører, så ligner han en mand, der betragter sit eget ansigt i et spejl: når han har betragtet sig selv, går han bort og glemmer straks, hvordan han så ud. Men den, som skuer i frihedens fuldkomne lov og bliver ved dermed, så han ikke er en glemsom hører, men gerningens gører, han skal være salig i sin gerning. Hvis nogen mener at dyrke Gud og ikke tøjler sin tunge, men bedrager sit hjerte, hans gudsdyrkelse er intet værd. En ren ubesmittet gudsdyrkelse for Gud, vor Fader, er dette: at besøge faderløse og enker i deres trængsel og bevare sig selv uplettet af verden.