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23 Because if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, this one is like a man considering[a] the face of his birth[b] in a mirror. 24 For he considered himself and has gone-away and immediately forgot[c] what-sort of man he was. 25 But the one having looked into the perfect law of liberty and having continued, not having become a forgetful[d] hearer, but a doer of work— this one will be blessed in his doing.

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Footnotes

  1. James 1:23 Or, looking-closely-at.
  2. James 1:23 Or, existence. That is, his natural face.
  3. James 1:24 He saw himself as he is, but it had no lasting effect on him.
  4. James 1:25 Lit, hearer characterized by forgetfulness.

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