²² But be ^(A)doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. ²³ For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror. ²⁴ For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like. ²⁵ But the one who looks into the perfect law, ^(B)the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, ^(C)he will be blessed in his doing.

¹⁴ You are ^(A)my friends ^(B)if you do what I command you.

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

I Never Knew You

^21 (A)“Not everyone who ^(B)says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will ^(C)enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who ^(D)does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

¹² Because they ministered to them before their idols and became ^(A)a stumbling block of iniquity to the house of Israel, therefore I have ^(B)sworn concerning them, declares the Lord God, and they shall bear their punishment.