²⁸ But He said, ^(A)“More than that, blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it!”

^47 (A)Whoever comes to Me, and hears My sayings and does them, I will show you whom he is like: ⁴⁸ He is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently against that house, and could not shake it, for it was ^[a]founded on the rock.

²¹ But He answered and said to them, “My mother and My brothers are these who hear the word of God and do it.”

The Blessed State of the Righteous

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.

^17 (A)If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.

The Way of the Righteous and the End of the Ungodly

²¹ Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, ^(A)we have confidence toward God. ²² And ^(B)whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments ^(C)and do those things that are pleasing in His sight. ²³ And this is His commandment: that we should believe on the name of His Son Jesus Christ ^(D)and love one another, as He gave ^[a]us commandment.

The Spirit of Truth and the Spirit of Error

²⁴ Now ^(E)he who keeps His commandments ^(F)abides in Him, and He in him. And ^(G)by this we know that He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us.