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


In Context

20 for man's anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires.

21 Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you.

22 Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.

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

24 and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like.

25 But the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it--he will be blessed in what he does.

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 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 English Revised 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 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: