James 1:23 - Forerunner Commentary

James 1:23

Doers—Not Hearers Only

21 Therefore ^alay aside all filthiness and overflow of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, ^bwhich is able to save your souls.

22 But ^abe doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

23 For ^aif anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror;

24 for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.

25 But ^ahe who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, ^bthis one will be blessed in what he does.

26 If anyone¹ among you thinks he is religious, and ^adoes not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this one’s religion is useless.

Verse Comparison: James 1:23

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American Standard Version
For if any one is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a mirror:

Amplified® Bible
For if anyone only listens to the Word without obeying it {and} being a doer of it, he is like a man who looks carefully at his [own] natural face in a mirror;

Contemporary English Version
If you hear the message and don't obey it, you are like people who stare at themselves in a mirror

Darby English Version
For if any man be a hearer of [the] word and not a doer, *he* is like to a man considering his natural face in a mirror:

Good News Bible
If you listen to the word, but do not put it into practice you are like people who look in a mirror and see themselves as they are.

International Standard Version
For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at himself in a mirror.

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:

New American Standard Bible
For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his natural face in a mirror;

New International Version
Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror

New King James Version
For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror;

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
For if anyone hears the word and does not do the word, he resembles a man who looks at his natural face in a mirror;

Young's Literal Translation
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,

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