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Is “Religion” in the Bible?

Yes. “Religion” is in the Bible. It appears 5 times in the Lumin Translation and 5 times in the King James Bible.

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Is “Religion” in the Bible?

In the Bible

Yes. “Religion” is in the Bible.

It appears 5 times in the Lumin Translation and 5 times in the King James Bible.

Religion is rare in the Bible, a handful of times. James 1:27 says pure religion is caring for orphans and widows and keeping oneself untainted by the world.

In two Bibles

Lumin Translation: 5 times, first in Acts 25:19.

King James Version: 5 times, first in Acts 26:5.

Where it appears

  • 5 times
  • 5 verses
  • 3 books

In 3 of 66 books. Most often in:

  1. Acts2
  2. James2
  3. Colossians1

Every verse with “religion” in the Lumin Translation:

Instead, they had some points of dispute with him about their own religion and about a certain Jesus who had died, but who Paul claimed was alive.
Acts 25:19 · open the chapter →
They have known me for a long time, and if they are willing, they can testify that I lived as a Pharisee, according to the strictest party of our religion.
Acts 26:5 · open the chapter →
Such rules indeed have an appearance of wisdom in self-made religion, self-abasement, and harsh treatment of the body, but they have no value in restraining the indulgence of the flesh.
Colossians 2:23 · open the chapter →
If anyone imagines they are religious while failing to rein in their tongue, they are fooling their own heart, and their religion is futile.
James 1:26 · open the chapter →
Pure and spotless religion in the eyes of God the Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their hardship and to keep oneself untainted by the world.
James 1:27 · open the chapter →

Counted in the Lumin Translation, a modern English Bible, and the King James Version (1769), with the same index as the Bible word checker. Counts are of exact word forms.

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Is “Religion” in the Bible?

Yes. “Religion” is in the Bible. It appears 5 times in the Lumin Translation and 5 times in the King James Bible. Religion is rare in the Bible, a handful of times. James 1:27 says pure religion is caring for orphans and widows and keeping oneself untainted by the world.

How many times is “Religion” in the Bible?

Religion appears 5 times in the Lumin Translation and 5 times in the King James Bible. Counts are of exact word forms.

Where is “Religion” first mentioned in the Bible?

In the Lumin Translation, religion first appears in Acts 25:19: “Instead, they had some points of dispute with him about their own religion and about a certain Jesus who had died, but who Paul claimed was alive.”

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