James 1:25
But the one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom, and continues to do so—not being a forgetful hearer, but an effective doer—he will be blessed in what he does.
BSB
Parallel translations (2) ▾
ASV
But he that looketh into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and so continueth, being not a hearer that forgetteth but a doer that worketh, this man shall be blessed in his doing.
KJV
But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
⋯
Commentary
1 voiceVoices on this verse
loading…Original language & word study
25 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| ὁ | ho | The [one] | G3588 → |
| δὲ | de | however | G1161 → |
| παρακύψας | parakupsas | having looked intently | G3879 → |
| εἰς | eis | into | G1519 → |
| νόμον | nomon | [the] law | G3551 → |
| τέλειον | teleion | perfect | G5046 → |
| τὸν | ton | that | G3588 → |
| τῆς | tēs | <the> | G3588 → |
| ἐλευθερίας | eleutherias | of freedom | G1657 → |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → |
| παραμείνας, | parameinas | having continued in [it], | G3887 → |
| οὐκ | ouk | not | G3756 → |
| ἀκροατὴς | akroatēs | a hearer | G202 → |
| ἐπιλησμονῆς | epilēsmonēs | forgetful | G1953 → |
| γενόμενος | genomenos | having been | G1096 → |
| ἀλλὰ | alla | but | G235 → |
| ποιητὴς | poiētēs | a doer | G4163 → |
| ἔργου, | ergou | of [the] work — | G2041 → |
| οὗτος | houtos | this one | G3778 → |
| μακάριος | makarios | blessed | G3107 → |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 → |
| τῇ | tēa | the | G3588 → |
| ποιήσει | poiēsei | work to be done | G4160 → |
| αὐτοῦ | autou | by him | G846 → |
| ἔσται.¶ | estai | will be. | G1510 → |
The walk
Featured studies on this passage
On James 1:25
James: the Study Guide
Open the study →
Walks through James 1
The General Epistles
Open the study →
Walks through James 1
Firstfruits
Open the study →
Walks through James 1
How to Study the Bible
Open the study →
Walks through James 1
The Lord's Prayer
Phrase by phrase — the Old Testament roots under each petition, the Jewish prayers it spoke alongside, and Matthew's and Luke's forms honestly compared.
Open the study →
Walks through James 1
Pentecost
The fiftieth day, read twice — the Law given in fire at Sinai, the Spirit given in fire in Jerusalem.
Open the study →
About James
