But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.
But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
But don’t just listen to God’s word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves.
But be doers of the word, and not merely hearers who deceive themselves.
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And Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible.
James 1:22
But be ye doers of the word
And they are such, who spiritually understand it; gladly receive it; and from the heart obey it, and make a sincere and ingenuous profession of it; and who submit to the ordinances it directs to, and keep them as they have been delivered; and live, and walk, becoming their profession of it. The Arabic and Ethiopic versions read, «be ye doers of the law»; and so one of Stephens’s copies, as in ( Romans 2:13 )
and not hearers only;
though the word should be heard swiftly and readily, and received with meekness; yet it should not be barely heard, and assented to; but what is heard should be put in practice; and especially men should not depend upon their hearing, as if that would save them; this is deceiving your own selves; such as rest upon the outward hearing of the word will be sadly deceived, and will find themselves miserably mistaken, another day; see ( Luke 13:25 Luke 13:26 ) . Arguments taken from hence are like the sophisms, paralogisms, and false reasonings of sophisters, which carry a fair show, and ensnare and deceive.
Other Translations of James 1:22
New International Version
22 Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.
English Standard Version
22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
The Message
22 Don’t fool yourself into thinking that you are a listener when you are anything but, letting the Word go in one ear and out the other. Act on what you hear!
New King James Version
22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
New Living Translation
22 But don’t just listen to God’s word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves.
Matthew Henry’s Commentary on James 1:22
Commentary on James 1:22-25
(Read James 1:22-25)
If we heard a sermon every day of the week, and an angel from heaven were the preacher, yet, if we rested in hearing only, it would never bring us to heaven. Mere hearers are self-deceivers; and self-deceit will be found the worst deceit at last. If we flatter ourselves, it is our own fault; the truth, as it is in Jesus, flatters no man. Let the word of truth be carefully attended to, and it will set before us the corruption of our nature, the disorders of our hearts and lives; and it will tell us plainly what we are. Our sins are the spots the law discovers: Christ’s blood is the laver the gospel shows. But in vain do we hear God’s word, and look into the gospel glass, if we go away, and forget our spots, instead of washing them off; and forget our remedy, instead of applying to it. This is the case with those who do not hear the word as they ought. In hearing the word, we look into it for counsel and direction, and when we study it, it turns to our spiritual life. Those who keep in the law and word of God, are, and shall be, blessed in all their ways. His gracious recompence hereafter, would be connected with his present peace and comfort. Every part of Divine revelation has its use, in bringing the sinner to Christ for salvation, and in directing and encouraging him to walk at liberty, by the Spirit of adoption, according to the holy commands of God. And mark the distinctness, it is not for his deeds, that any man is blessed, but in his deed. It is not talking, but walking, that will bring us to heaven. Christ will become more precious to the believer’s soul, which by his grace will become more fitted for the inheritance of the saints in light.
King James Version (KJV)
James 1:22
“But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.”
King James Version (KJV)
James 1:22 Context
19Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: 20For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God. 21Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls. 22But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. 23For 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: 24For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. 25But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
«But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.» James 1:22 KJV
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Translation Details for James 1:22
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
Other Translations for James 1:22
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers onely, receiuing your owne selues.
— King James Version (1611) — View 1611 Bible Scan
But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves.
— New American Standard Version (1995)
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deluding your own selves.
— American Standard Version (1901)
But be doers of the word, and not only hearers of it, blinding yourselves with false ideas.
— Basic English Bible
But be ye doers of [the] word and not hearers only, beguiling yourselves.
— Darby Bible
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
— Webster’s Bible
But prove yourselves obedient to the Message, and do not be mere hearers of it, imposing a delusion upon yourselves.
— Weymouth Bible
But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.
— World English Bible
But be ye doeris of the word, and not hereris oneli, disseiuynge you silf.
— Wycliffe Bible
and become ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves,
— Youngs Literal Bible
Bible Commentary for James 1:22
Wesley’s Notes for James 1:22
1:20 The righteousness of God here includes all duties prescribed by him, and pleasing to him.
1:21 Therefore laying aside — As a dirty garment. All the filthiness and superfluity of wickedness — For however specious or necessary it may appear to worldly wisdom, all wickedness is both vile, hateful, contemptible, and really superfluous. Every reasonable end may be effectually answered without any kind or degree of it. Lay this, every known sin, aside, or all your hearing is vain. With meekness — Constant evenness and serenity of mind. Receive — Into your ears, your heart, your life. The word — Of the gospel. Ingrafted — In believers, by regeneration, #Jas 1:18 and by habit|, #Heb 5:14|. Which is able to save your souls — The hope of salvation nourishes meekness.
1:23 Beholding his face in a glass — How exactly does the scripture glass show a man the face of his soul!
1:24 He beheld himself, and went away — To other business. And forgot — But such forgetting does not excuse.
People’s Bible Notes for James 1:22
Jas 1:22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only. He who is only a hearer deceiveth himself. See Mt 7:21-23.
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But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves.
But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.
But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
But don’t just listen to God’s word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves.
But be ye doers of [the] word and not hearers only, beguiling yourselves.