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James 1:22 — But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own…
“But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.”
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The verses around James 1:22.
20For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
21Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
22But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
23For 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:
24For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
Verse explanation
The instruction to be ‘doers of the word, and not hearers only’ is the central theme of the whole letter: hearing religious teaching without putting it into practice, the text says, is like looking in a mirror and immediately forgetting your own face.
From the James 1 study in Bible in Stories.
James 1:22 in other versions
The same verse in the 4 Bible versions we have on the site.
- KJV · King James
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
Read the chapter in this version → - ARC · Almeida 1911Português
E sêde obradores da palavra, e não sómente ouvintes, enganando-vos com falsos discursos.
Read the chapter in this version → - BLIVRE · Bíblia LivrePortuguês
e sede praticantes da palavra, e não somente ouvintes, enganando a vós mesmos.
Read the chapter in this version → - VBL · Versión Biblia LibreEspañol
Hagan, más bien, lo que dice la palabra. No escuchen solamente ni se engañen ustedes mismos.
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In other languages: Português (Tiago 1:22) · Español (Santiago 1:22)
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