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James 1:22-25
Lexham English Bible
James 1:22-25
Lexham English Bible
22 But be doers of the message and not hearers only,[a] deceiving yourselves, 23 because if anyone is a hearer of the message and not a doer, this one is like someone[b] staring at his own face[c] in a mirror, 24 for he looks at himself and goes away and immediately forgets what sort of person he was. 25 But the one who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues to do it, not being a forgetful hearer but a doer who acts, this one will be blessed in what he does[d].
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- James 1:22 Some manuscripts have “not only hearers”
- James 1:23 Literally “a man,” but clearly in a generic sense here meaning “someone, a person”
- James 1:23 Literally “the face of his existence”
- James 1:25 Literally “in his doing”
James 1:22-25
New International Version
James 1:22-25
New International Version
22 Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.(A) 23 Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror 24 and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. 25 But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom,(B) and continues in it—not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it—they will be blessed in what they do.(C)
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