James 1:23
because, if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, this one has been like to a man viewing his natural face in a mirror,
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
In Context
22and become doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves,
24for he viewed himself, and has gone away, and immediately he forgot what kind of [man] he was;
Cross References
Ezekiel 33:31And they come in to you as the coming in of a people, || And they sit before you—My people, || And have heard your words, and they do not do them, || For they are making unhealthy loves with their mouth, || Their heart is going after their dishonest gain.
Luke 6:7and the scribes and the Pharisees were watching Him, if on the Sabbath He will heal, that they might find an accusation against Him.
James 2:14What [is] the profit, my brothers, if anyone may speak of having faith, but he may not have works? Is that 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 →