James 1:23
For if any man be a hearer of [the] word and not a doer, *he* is like to a man considering his natural face in a mirror:
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
22But be ye doers of [the] word and not hearers only, beguiling yourselves.
24for he has considered himself and is gone away, and straightway he has forgotten what he was like.
Cross References
Ezekiel 33:31And they come unto thee as a people cometh, and they sit before thee [as] my people, and they hear thy words, but they do them not; for with their mouth they shew much love, [but] their heart goeth after their dishonest gain.
Luke 6:7And the scribes and the Pharisees were watching if he would heal on the sabbath, that they might find something of which to accuse him.
James 2:14What [is] the profit, my brethren, if any one say he have faith, but 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 →