Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doth them, I will shew you to whom he is like.
James 1:23 - Wesley's New Testament 1755 For if any one be an hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like 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. |
Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doth them, I will shew you to whom he is like.
And there was a man whose right-hand was withered. And the scribes and Pharisees watched, whether he would heal on the sabbath, that they might find an accusation against him.
And now we see by means of a glass obscurely; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then I shall know even as also I am known.
For he beheld himself, and went away, and immediately forgot what manner of man he was.