James 1:23 KJV — MannaFest

James 1:23

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:

KJV

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ASV

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:

WEB

For anyone who hears the word but does not carry it out is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror,

YLT

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,

DBT

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:

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James — The Lord's brother writes to the twelve tribes scattered abroad — five chapters of direct, practical wisdom on the life faith produces. Pure religion, the tongue, the prayer of the righteous.

Author: James the Lord's brother (traditional — cf. Gal 1:19), leader of the Jerusalem church
Date: Early — possibly mid-40s AD, making it likely the earliest NT letter

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Matthew 7:26–27
And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:
2 Corinthians 3:18
But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.
James 2:14–26
What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?
Ezekiel 33:31–32
And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness.
Luke 6:47
Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like:

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The character by which our author desires to be known: James, a servant of God, and of the Lord Jesus Christ. Though he was a prime-minister in Christ's kingdom, yet he styles himself only a servant. Note hence, Those who are highest in office or attainments in the church of Christ are but servants.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

And every perfect gift - Whatever tends to glory. Descendeth from the Father of lights - The appellation of Father is here used with peculiar propriety. It follows, "he begat us." He is the Father of all light, material or spiritual, in the kingdom of grace and of glory.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

), looking for acceptance in Christ and assistance from him, and yielding all obedience to him, thus confessing that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. The apostle here mentions the condition of those to whom he writes: The twelve tribes which are scattered abroad.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

As a looking-glass shows us the spots and defilements upon our faces, that they may be remedied and washed off, so the word of God shows us our sins, that we may repent of them and get them pardoned; it shows us what is amiss, that it may be amended. There are glasses that will flatter people; but that which is truly the word of God is no flattering glass.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

As a man may behold his natural face in a mirror, so the hearer may perceive his moral visage in God's Word. This faithful portraiture of man's soul in Scripture, is the strongest proof of the truth of the latter. In it, too, we see mirrored God's glory, as well as our natural vileness.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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