James 1:23
Because if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror;
English Majority Text (NT)
In The King James Version
In Context
22But become doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
24for he observed himself and has gone away, and immediately forgot what he looked like.
Cross References
Luke 6:7And the scribes and Pharisees were observing if whether He would heal on the Sabbath, that they might find an accusation against Him.
James 2:14What does it profit, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Is that kind of faith 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 →