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James 1:25
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
James 1:25
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
25 But the one who peers into the perfect law[a] of freedom and perseveres, and is not a hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, such a one shall be blessed in what he does.(A)
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- 1:25 Peers into the perfect law: the image of a person doing this is paralleled to that of hearing God’s word. The perfect law applies the Old Testament description of the Mosaic law to the gospel of Jesus Christ that brings freedom.
James 1:25
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
James 1:25
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
25 But those who look into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and persevere, being not hearers who forget but doers who act—they will be blessed in their doing.
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James 1:25
Common English Bible
James 1:25
Common English Bible
25 But there are those who study the perfect law, the law of freedom, and continue to do it. They don’t listen and then forget, but they put it into practice in their lives. They will be blessed in whatever they do.
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James 1:25
New American Standard Bible
James 1:25
New American Standard Bible
25 But one who has looked intently at the perfect law, (A)the law of freedom, and has continued in it, not having become a forgetful hearer but [a]an active doer, this person will be (B)blessed in [b]what he does.
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- James 1:25 Lit a doer of a work
- James 1:25 Lit his doing
James 1:25
New International Version
James 1:25
New International Version
25 But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom,(A) and continues in it—not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it—they will be blessed in what they do.(B)
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