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;


In Context

20 for the anger of man doesn't produce the righteousness of God.

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

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

23 For 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;

24 for he sees himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.

25 But he who looks into the perfect law of freedom, and continues, not being a hearer who forgets, but a doer of the work, this man 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 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 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 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: