James 1:23

that if someone is-being [a] hearer of{[the] word} and not [a] doer, the-same has-imaged to{[a] man thinking-according-to/considering} the face of{the become-sis[i.e. state of becoming]} of{same} in to{[a] mirror},

Garth's Hyper-literal Translation

In The King James Version

For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:

In Context

22Moreover, be-becoming doers of{[the] word} and not only hearers, word-izing/reckoning/accounting-aside[translit. paralogism]/deluding-selves sameselves,

24for he-thinks-according-to/considers sameself, and has-come-off/away and straightaway forgets he-has-been-being which-about-what-such.

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Cross References

Luke 6:7Moreover, the scribes and the Pharisees have-been-keeping-beside same, if in to{the sabbath} he-will-heal, in-which-place they-may-discover accusation of{same}.

James 2:14What[?] the profit, brothers of{me}, if-supposing someone would-be-saying to-be-having faith, moreover would_not_be-having works[?] The faith is_not_being-enabled to-save same.

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 →

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