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,


In Context

20 for the wrath of a man the righteousness of God doth not work;

21 wherefore having put aside all filthiness and superabundance of evil, in meekness be receiving the engrafted word, that is able to save your souls;

22 and become ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves,

23 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,

24 for he did view himself, and hath gone away, and immediately he did forget of what kind he was;

25 and he who did look into the perfect law — that of liberty, and did continue there, this one — not a forgetful hearer becoming, but a doer of work — this one shall be happy 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 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 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: