James 1:22-24

New International Version

²²Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.^(A) ²³Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror ²⁴and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like.

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James 1:22-24

English Standard Version

²²But be ^(A)doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. ²³For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror. ²⁴For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like.

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James 1:22-24

New American Standard Bible

²²^(A)But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not just hearers who deceive themselves. ²³For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his ^[a]natural face ^(B)in a mirror; ²⁴for once he has looked at himself and gone away, ^[b]he has immediately forgotten what kind of person he was.

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Footnotes

James 1:23 Lit the face of his birth; or nature
James 1:24 Lit and he

James 1:22-24

New King James Version

²²But ^(A)be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. ²³For ^(B)if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; ²⁴for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.

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James 1:22-24

The Message

^22-24Don’t fool yourself into thinking that you are a listener when you are anything but, letting the Word go in one ear and out the other. Act on what you hear! Those who hear and don’t act are like those who glance in the mirror, walk away, and two minutes later have no idea who they are, what they look like.

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