23For 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:


In Context

20 for the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.

21 Wherefore putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deluding your own selves.

23 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:

24 for he beholdeth himself, and goeth away, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.

25 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.

James 1:23 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:23For 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:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:23Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:23For 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:23For 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:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:23For 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:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:23For if any is a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like a man beholding his natural face in a glass:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:23For 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;

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:23because, 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,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:23For 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: