James 1:22-25

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. ²⁵But one who has looked intently at the perfect law, ^(C)the law of freedom, and has continued in it, not having become a forgetful hearer but ^[c]an active doer, this person will be ^(D)blessed in ^[d]what he does.

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James 1:23 Lit the face of his birth; or nature
James 1:24 Lit and he
James 1:25 Lit a doer of a work
James 1:25 Lit his doing

James 1:22-25

American Standard Version

²²But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deluding your own selves. ²³For if any one is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding ^[a]his natural face in a mirror: ²⁴for he beholdeth himself, and goeth away, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. ²⁵But he that looketh into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and so continueth, being not a hearer that forgetteth but a doer that worketh, this man shall be blessed in his doing.

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James 1:23 Greek the face of his birth.

James 1:22-25

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. ²⁵But 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)