James 1:23
For if any one is a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like a man that looks at his natural face in a mirror:
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
22But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
24for he looks at himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets what sort of person he is.
Cross References
Luke 6:7And the scribes and Pharisees watched closely, whether he would heal on the sabbath-day, that they might find an accusation against him.
James 2:14What profit is there, my brethren, if any one say he has faith, and have not works? Can faith save him?
Matthew Henry on James 1:20-27
On Suppressing Corrupt Affections; The Duty of Hearers; Practical Religion. ( a. d. 61.) 19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: 20 For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God. 21 Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls. 22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. 23 For if any be a hearer of the word,… Read the whole commentary →