James 1:23
because, if any one is a hearer of the word and not a doer, this one hath been like to a man viewing his natural face in a mirror,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
22and become ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves,
24for he did view himself, and hath gone away, and immediately he did forget of what kind he was;
Cross References
Ezekiel 33:31And they come in unto thee as the coming in of a people, And they sit before thee — My people, And have heard thy words, and they do them not, For doting loves with their mouth they are making, After their dishonest gain their heart is going.
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 brethren, if faith, any one may speak of having, and works he may not have? 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 →