Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation If you listen to the word, but do not put it into practice you are like people who look in a mirror and see themselves as they are. Contemporary English Version Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge For if a man be a hearer of the word and not a doer, he shall be compared to a man beholding his own countenance in a glass. See on ch. James 2:14-26 What shall it profit, my brethren, if a man say he hath faith, but hath not works? Shall faith be able to save him? . . . Jeremiah 44:16 As for the word which thou hast spoken to us in the name of the Lord, we will not hearken to thee: Ezekiel 33:31,32 And they come to thee, as if people were coming in, and my people sit before thee: and hear thy words, and do them not: for they turn them into a song of their mouth, and their heart goeth after their covetousness. . . . Matthew 7:26,27 And every one that heareth these my words and doth them not, shall be like a foolish man that built his house upon the sand, . . . Luke 6:47-49 Every one that cometh to me and heareth my words and doth them, I will shew you to whom he is like. . . . *etc: Context Hearing and Doing…22But be ye doers of the word and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. 23For if a man be a hearer of the word and not a doer, he shall be compared to a man beholding his own countenance in a glass. 24For he beheld himself and went his way and presently forgot what manner of man he was.… Cross References 1 Corinthians 13:12 We see now through a glass in a dark manner: but then face to face. Now I know in part: but then I shall know even as I am known. James 1:24 For he beheld himself and went his way and presently forgot what manner of man he was. Additional Translations For anyone who hears the word but does not carry it out is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror,because if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, this one is like a man looking at his natural face in a mirror, For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like to a man beholding his natural face in a glass: For if any one is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a mirror: For if any man be a hearer of [the] word and not a doer, he is like to a man considering his natural face in a mirror: For if any one is a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a mirror: For if any is a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like a man beholding his natural face in a glass: For if any one listens but does not obey, he is like a man who carefully looks at his own face in a mirror. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at his natural face in a mirror; because, if any one is a hearer of the word and not a doer, this one hath been like to a man viewing his natural face in a mirror, Jump to Previous Beholding Carefully Considering Doer Face Glass Hearer Listens Mirror Natural Obey Viewing WordJump to Next Beholding Carefully Considering Doer Face Glass Hearer Listens Mirror Natural Obey Viewing WordLinks James 1:23 NIVJames 1:23 NLT James 1:23 ESV James 1:23 NASB James 1:23 KJV James 1:23 Bible Apps James 1:23 Biblia Paralela James 1:23 Chinese Bible James 1:23 French Bible James 1:23 German Bible Alphabetical: a and Anyone at but do doer does face For he hearer his if in is it like listens looks man mirror natural not of says the to what who word NT Letters: James 1:23 For if anyone is a hearer (Ja Jas. Jam) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |
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