James 1:21-27
New King James Version
Doers—Not Hearers Only
21 Therefore (A)lay aside all filthiness and [a]overflow of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, (B)which is able to save your souls.
22 But (C)be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. 23 For (D)if 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 (E)he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, (F)this one will be blessed in what he does.
26 If anyone [b]among you thinks he is religious, and (G)does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this one’s religion is useless. 27 (H)Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: (I)to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, (J)and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.
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- James 1:21 abundance
- James 1:26 NU omits among you
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