As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the Lord, we will not hearken unto thee.
James 1:23 - King James Version - American Edition 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: 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. |
As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the Lord, we will not hearken unto thee.
Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will show you to whom he is like:
And the scribes and Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on the sabbath day; that they might find an accusation against him.
For now we see through a glass, darkly, but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
for he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.