“We will not listen to the message from the Lord that you spoke to us.
James 1:23 - Easy To Read Version If you hear God’s teaching and do nothing, you are like this: You are like a man that looks at his face in the mirror. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For 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: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For if anyone only listens to the Word without obeying it and being a doer of it, he is like a man who looks carefully at his [own] natural face in a mirror; American Standard Version (1901) 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: Common English Bible Those who hear but don’t do the word are like those who look at their faces in a mirror. Catholic Public Domain Version For if anyone is a listener of the Word, but not also a doer, he is comparable to a man gazing into a mirror upon the face that he was born with; Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For 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. |
“We will not listen to the message from the Lord that you spoke to us.
Every person that comes to me and listens to my teachings and obeys—I will show you what he is like:
The teachers of the law and the Pharisees {\cf2\super [112]} were watching Jesus closely. They were waiting to see if he would heal on the Sabbath day. They wanted to see Jesus do something wrong so that they could accuse him.
It is the same with us. Now we see like we are looking into a dark mirror. But at that time, in the future, we shall see clearly. Now I know only a part. But at that time I will know fully, like God has known me.
The man sees himself, but he does nothing. He goes away and quickly forgets how bad he looked.