James 1:23
For if any one is a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like to a man beholding his natural face in a mirror.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
In Context
22But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
24For he beheld himself, and has gone away; and immediately he forgot what manner of man he was.
Cross References
Luke 6:7And the scribes and Pharisees were watching, whether he would heal on the sabbath; that they might find an accusation against him.
James 2:14What does it profit, my brethren, if any one say that he has faith, and have not works? Can the 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 →