I will show you what someone is like who comes to me, hears my words, and acts on them.
James 1:23 - The Text-Critical English New Testament For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his face in a 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. |
I will show you what someone is like who comes to me, hears my words, and acts on them.
Now the scribes and the Pharisees were watching Jesus closely to see if he would heal on the Sabbath, so that they could find an accusation against him.
For now we see in a mirror by means of an obscure image, but then we will see face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully, just as I have been fully known.
For he looks at himself and goes away, and then immediately forgets what he looks like.