James 1:23

KJV1611 – Modern English

For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror;

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    For{G3754} if{G1487} any{G5100} one is a hearer{G202} of the word{G3056} and{G2532} not{G3756} a doer,{G4163} he{G3778} is{G2076} like unto{G1503} a man{G435} beholding{G2657} his{G846} natural{G1078} face{G4383} in{G1722} a mirror:{G2072}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    For{G3754} if any{G1536} be{G2076}{(G5748)} a hearer{G202} of the word{G3056}, and{G2532} not{G3756} a doer{G4163}, he{G3778} is like{G1503}{(G5758)} unto a man{G435} beholding{G2657}{(G5723)} his{G846} natural{G1078} face{G4383} in{G1722} a glass{G2072}:

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    For yf eny heare the worde and do it not he is lyke vnto a man that beholdeth his bodyly face in a glasse.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    For yf eny heare the worde, and do it not, he is like vnto a ma that beholdeth his bodily face in a glasse.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    For if any heare the woorde, and doe it not, he is like vnto a man, that beholdeth his naturall face in a glasse.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    For yf any be a hearer of the worde, and not a doer, he is lyke vnto a man beholdyng his bodyly face in a glasse:

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man beholding his natural face in a mirror;

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    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,

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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:

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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:

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Because if any man is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at his natural face in a glass;

  • World English Bible (2000)

    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;

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    For if someone merely listens to the message and does not live it out, he is like someone who gazes at his own face in a mirror.

Referenced Verses

  • Matt 7:26-27 : 26 And everyone who hears these sayings of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. 27 And the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall.
  • Ezek 33:31-32 : 31 And they come to you as people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear your words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goes after their covetousness. 32 And indeed, you are to them as a very lovely song of one who has a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear your words, but they do not do them.
  • Luke 6:47 : 47 Whoever comes to me, and hears my sayings, and does them, I will show you to whom he is like:
  • Jas 2:14-26 : 14 What does it profit, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save him? 15 If a brother or sister is naked and lacks daily food, 16 and one of you says to them, Depart in peace, be warmed and filled, but you do not give them the things needed for the body, what does it profit? 17 Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead. 18 Yes, someone will say, You have faith, and I have works. Show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works. 19 You believe that there is one God. You do well. The demons also believe, and tremble. 20 But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead? 21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar? 22 Do you see how faith was working together with his works, and by works faith was made perfect? 23 And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness. And he was called the Friend of God. 24 You see then that a man is justified by works, and not by faith only. 25 Likewise, was not Rahab the harlot also justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out another way? 26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
  • Jer 44:16 : 16 As for the word that you have spoken to us in the name of the LORD, we will not listen to you.
  • Luke 6:7 : 7 And the scribes and Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on the Sabbath day; that they might find an accusation against him.

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    21 Therefore lay aside all filthiness and excess of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

    22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

  • Jas 1:24-26
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    24 For he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.

    25 But whoever looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in what he does.

    26 If anyone among you thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this man's religion is useless.

  • 49 But he that hears, and does not, is like a man who without a foundation built a house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.

  • Gal 6:3-4
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    3 For if a man thinks himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.

    4 But let every man examine his own work, and then he shall have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.

  • 13 For it is not the hearers of the law who are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.

  • Luke 6:46-47
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    46 And why do you call me, Lord, Lord, and do not do the things which I say?

    47 Whoever comes to me, and hears my sayings, and does them, I will show you to whom he is like:

  • Jas 1:7-8
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    7 For let not that man think that he will receive anything from the Lord.

    8 A double-minded man is unstable in all his ways.

  • 2 For in many things we all stumble. If anyone does not stumble in word, the same is a perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body.

  • 26 And everyone who hears these sayings of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.

  • Matt 7:3-5
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    3 And why do you look at the speck in your brother's eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye?

    4 Or how can you say to your brother, 'Let me remove the speck from your eye'; and behold, a plank is in your own eye?

    5 You hypocrite, first remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.

  • 19 As in water face reflects face, so the heart of man mirrors man.

  • Luke 6:41-42
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    41 And why do you behold the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not perceive the beam that is in your own eye?

    42 Or how can you say to your brother, Brother, let me pull out the speck that is in your eye, when you yourself do not see the beam that is in your own eye? You hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of your own eye, and then you shall see clearly to pull out the speck that is in your brother's eye.

  • 18 But we all, with unveiled faces beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

  • 9 But he who lacks these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins.

  • 16 And if the ear says, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body, is it therefore not of the body?

  • 19 Therefore, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger:

  • 18 Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.

  • Jas 3:13-14
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    13 Who is wise and endowed with knowledge among you? Let him show by good conduct his works with the meekness of wisdom.

    14 But if you have bitter envy and strife in your hearts, do not boast and lie against the truth.

  • 23 If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.

  • 20 But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead?

  • 17 And if you call on the Father, who without respect of persons judges according to each one's work, conduct yourselves throughout the time of your stay here in reverent fear;

  • 5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach; and it will be given to him.

  • 21 Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; who have eyes, and see not; who have ears, and hear not:

  • 4 A wicked doer listens to false lips, and a liar gives ear to a deceitful tongue.

  • 1 Keep your foot when you go to the house of God, and be more ready to hear than to offer the sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they do evil.

  • 16 Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers.

  • 24 Because "All flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of the grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls away,

  • 23 But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness!

  • 24 Therefore whoever hears these sayings of mine and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock.

  • 19 Brethren, if any of you stray from the truth, and someone turns him back;

  • 16 If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.

  • 17 Therefore, to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin.

  • 1 Be careful not to do your charitable deeds before men, to be seen by them; otherwise, you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.

  • 4 Or if a person swears, speaking falsely with his lips to do evil or to do good, whatever it is that a person may pronounce with an oath, and it is hidden from him; when he becomes aware of it, then he shall be guilty in any of these matters.

  • 17 Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.

  • Jas 2:8-9
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    8 If you fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, You shall love your neighbor as yourself, you do well.

    9 But if you show partiality, you commit sin, and are convicted by the law as transgressors.

  • 8 Look to yourselves, that we do not lose those things we have worked for, but that we may receive a full reward.

  • 11 Do not speak evil of one another, brethren. He who speaks evil of a brother and judges his brother, speaks evil of the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge.

  • 7 For as he thinks in his heart, so is he: "Eat and drink," he says to you; but his heart is not with you.