James 1:25

Weymouth NT

But he who looks closely into the perfect Law –the Law of freedom– and continues looking, he, being not a hearer who forgets, but an obedient doer, will as the result of his obedience be blessed.

Cross References

Luke 11:28

»Nay rather,« He replied, »they are blessed who hear God's Message and carefully keep it.«

John 13:17

If you know all this, blessed are you if you act accordingly.

John 8:36

If then the Son shall make you free, you will be free indeed.

Acts 13:43

And, when the congregation had broken up, many of the Jews and of the devout converts from heathenism continued with Paul and Barnabas, who talked to them and urged them to hold fast to the grace of God.

Acts 2:42

and they were constant in listening to the teaching of the Apostles and in their attendance at the Communion, that is, the Breaking of the Bread, and at prayer.

Acts 26:22

Having, however, obtained the help which is from God, I have stood firm until now, and have solemnly exhorted rich and poor alike, saying nothing except what the Prophets and Moses predicted as soon to happen,

Romans 11:22

Notice therefore God's kindness and God's severity. On those who have fallen His severity has descended, but upon you His kindness has come, provided that you do not cease to respond to that kindness. Otherwise you will be cut off also.

Romans 2:13

It is not those that merely hear the Law read who are righteous in the sight of God, but it is those that obey the Law who will be pronounced righteous.

Romans 7:12

So that the Law itself is holy, and the Commandment is holy, just and good.

Romans 8:15

You have not for the second time acquired the consciousness of being –a consciousness which fills you with terror. But you have acquired a deep inward conviction of having been adopted as sons– a conviction which prompts us to cry aloud, »Abba! our Father!«

Romans 8:2

for the Spirit's Law – telling of Life in Christ Jesus– has set me free from the Law that deals only with sin and death.

1 Corinthians 15:58

Therefore, my dear brethren, be firm, unmovable, busily occupied at all times in the Lord's work, knowing that your toil is not fruitless in the Lord.

2 Corinthians 13:5

Test yourselves to discover whether you are true believers: put your own selves under examination. Or do you not know that Jesus Christ is within you, unless you are insincere?

Galatians 2:4

Yet there was danger of this through the false brethren secretly introduced into the Church, who had stolen in to spy out the freedom which is ours in Christ Jesus, in order to rob us of it.

Galatians 5:1

Christ having made us gloriously free–stand fast and do not again be hampered with the yoke of slavery.

Galatians 6:2

Always carry one another's burdens, and so obey the whole of Christ's Law.

Colossians 1:23

if, indeed, you are still firmly holding to faith as your foundation, without ever shifting from your hope that rests on the Good News that you have heard, which has been proclaimed in the whole creation under Heaven, and in which I Paul have been appointed to serve.

1 Timothy 2:15

Yet a woman will be brought safely through childbirth if she and her husband continue to live in faith and love and growing holiness, with habitual self-restraint.

1 Timothy 4:16

Be on your guard as to yourself and your teaching. Persevere in these things; for by doing this you will make certain your own salvation and that of your hearers.

Hebrews 12:15

Be carefully on your guard lest there be any one who falls back from the grace of God; lest any root bearing bitter fruit spring up and cause trouble among you, and through it the whole brotherhood be defiled;

James 2:12

Speak and act as those should who are expecting to be judged by the Law of freedom.

1 Peter 2:16

Be free men, and yet do not make your freedom an excuse for base conduct, but be God's bondservants.

1 John 2:24

As for you, let the teaching which you have received from the very beginning continue in your hearts. If that teaching does continue in your hearts, you also will continue to be in union with the Son and with the Father.

Revelation 14:13

And I heard a voice speaking from Heaven. It said, »Write as follows: »`Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from this time onward. Yes, says the Spirit, let them rest from their sorrowful labours; for what they have done goes with them.'«

Revelation 22:14

Blessed are those who wash their robes clean, that they may have a right to the Tree of Life, and may go through the gates into the city.