James 1:22-27
1599 Geneva Bible
22 (A)[a]And be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, [b]deceiving your own selves.
23 [c]For if any hear the word, and do it not, he is like unto a man, that beholdeth his [d]natural face in a glass.
24 For when he hath considered himself, he goeth his way, and forgetteth immediately what manner of one he was.
25 But who so looketh in the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he not being a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, shall be blessed in his [e]deed.
26 [f]If any man among you seem religious, and refraineth not his tongue, but deceiveth his [g]own heart, this man’s religion is vain.
27 [h]Pure religion and undefiled before God, even the Father, is this, to [i]visit the fatherless, and widows in their adversity, and to keep himself unspotted of the world.
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- James 1:22 Another admonition. Therefore is God’s word heard, that we may frame our lives according to the prescript thereof.
- James 1:22 He addeth reasons, and those most weighty: first, because they that do otherwise, do very much hurt themselves.
- James 1:23 Secondly, because they lose the chiefest use of God’s word, which correct not by it the faults that they know.
- James 1:23 He alludeth to that natural spot, to which is contrary that purity whereunto we are born again, the lively image whereof we behold in the Law.
- James 1:25 Behaving himself so: for works do show faith.
- James 1:26 The third admonition: The word of God prescribeth a rule not only to do well, but also to speak well.
- James 1:26 The fountain of all brabbling, and cursed speaking, and sauciness, is this, that men know not themselves.
- James 1:27 The fourth: the true service of God standeth in charity toward our neighbors (especially such as need others’ help, as the fatherless and widows), and purity of life.
- James 1:27 To have a care of them, and to help them as much as we can.
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