James 1:22

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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.

“But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.”

— WEB

“But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.”

— KJV

“But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deluding your own selves.”

— ASV

Bible Verses About Obedience

Cross-references

Related verses via the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Romans 2:13 "For it isn’t the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law will be justified"
Luke 6:46-48 "“Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and don’t do the things which I say?"
John 13:17 "If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them."
James 4:17 "To him therefore who knows to do good, and doesn’t do it, to him it is sin."
1 John 2:3 "This is how we know that we know him: if we keep his commandments."
Luke 11:28 "But he said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God, and keep it.”"
James 2:14-20 "What good is it, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has no works? Can faith save him?"
Matthew 12:50 "For whoever does the will of my Father who is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.”"

Commentary

Qualification of the precept, "Be swift to hear": "Be ye doers . . . not hearers only"; not merely "Do the word," but "Be doers" systematically and continually, as if this was your regular business. James here again refers to the Sermon on the Mount (Mat 7:21-29). deceiving your own selves--by the logical fallacy (the Greek implies this) that the mere hearing is all that is needed.

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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