James 1:23
For if a man be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he shall be compared to a man beholding his own countenance in a glass.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
22But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
24For he beheld himself, and went his way, and presently forgot what manner of man he was.
Cross References
Ezekiel 33:31And they come to thee, as if a people were coming in, and my people sit before thee: and hear thy words, and do them not: for they turn them into a song of their mouth, and their heart goeth after their covetousness.
Luke 6:7And the scribes and Pharisees watched if he would heal on the sabbath; that they might find an accusation against him.
James 2:14What shall it profit, my brethren, if a man say he hath faith, but hath not works? Shall 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 →