James 1:23
For if anyone is a listener of the Word, but not also a doer, he is comparable to a man gazing into a mirror upon the face that he was born with;
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In Context
22So be doers of the Word, and not listeners only, deceiving yourselves.
24and after considering himself, he went away and promptly forgot what he had seen.
Cross References
Ezekiel 33:31And they come to you, as if the people were entering, and my people sit before you. And they listen to your words, but they do not do them. For they turn them into a song for their mouth, but their heart pursues their own avarice.
Luke 6:7And the scribes and Pharisees observed whether he would heal on the Sabbath, so that they might thereby find an accusation against him.
James 2:14My brothers, what benefit is there if someone claims to have faith, but he does not have works? How would faith be able to 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 →