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22 (A)But become doers of the word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves. 23 For 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; 24 for once he looked at himself and has gone away, [b]he immediately forgot what kind of person he was. 25 But one who looks intently at the perfect law, (C)the law of freedom, and abides by it, not having become a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this man will be (D)blessed in [c]what he does.

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  1. James 1:23 Or nature; lit the face of his birth
  2. James 1:24 Lit and he
  3. James 1:25 Lit his doing

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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  1. James 1:22 Some manuscripts have “not only hearers”
  2. James 1:23 Literally “a man,” but clearly in a generic sense here meaning “someone, a person”
  3. James 1:23 Literally “the face of his existence”
  4. James 1:25 Literally “in his doing”