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James 1:22
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But be doers of the word and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers onely, receiuing your owne selues.
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not just hearers who deceive themselves.
Do what God's teaching says; when you only listen and do nothing, you are fooling yourselves.
But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves.
Obey God's message! Don't fool yourselves by just listening to it.
Don't deceive yourselves by only hearing what the Word says, but do it!
But be ye doers of [the] word and not hearers only, beguiling yourselves.
Do what God's teaching says; don't just listen and do nothing. When you only sit and listen, you are fooling yourselves.
And be ye doers of the word, and not hearers onely, deceiuing your owne selues.
But you be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
Do not deceive yourselves by just listening to his word; instead, put it into practice.
But be doers of the message and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves,
But become doers of the Word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
But prove yourselves doers of the word [actively and continually obeying God's precepts], and not merely listeners [who hear the word but fail to internalize its meaning], deluding yourselves [by unsound reasoning contrary to the truth].
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deluding your own selves.
But be doers of the word, and not only hearers of it, blinding yourselves with false ideas.
But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.
Keep on being doers of the word, and not merely hearers who deceive themselves.Matthew 7:21; Luke 6:46; 11:28; Romans 2:13; 1 John 3:7;">[xr]
BUT be doers of the word, and not hearers only, neither deceive yourselves.
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only; and do not deceive yourselves.
And be ye doers of the worde, and not hearers only, deceauyng your owne selues.
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deluding your own selves.
But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.
But be ye doers of the word and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves:
But prove yourselves obedient to the Message, and do not be mere hearers of it, imposing a delusion upon yourselves.
But be ye doeris of the word, and not hereris oneli, disseiuynge you silf.
But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deluding your own selves.
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
But be sure you live out the message and do not merely listen to it and so deceive 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.
Obey the Word of God. If you hear only and do not act, you are only fooling yourself.
But be doers of the word, and not merely hearers who deceive themselves.
Become ye doers of the word, and not hearers only - reasoning yourselves astray;
But be ye doers of the word and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
And se that ye be doars of the worde and not hearers only deceavinge youre awne selves with sophistrie
and become ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves,
And se that ye be doers of ye worde & not heares only, deceauinge youre awne selues.
Don't delusively content your selves with being of the audience, but put what you hear in practice:
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! Those who hear and don't act are like those who glance in the mirror, walk away, and two minutes later have no idea who they are, what they look like.
You best walk the walk and not just spin a good yarn. Doin' so is just lyin' to yourself.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
be: James 4:17, Matthew 7:21-25, Matthew 12:50, Matthew 28:20, Luke 6:46-48, Luke 11:28, Luke 12:47, Luke 12:48, John 13:17, Romans 2:13, Philippians 4:8, Colossians 3:17, 1 John 2:3, 1 John 3:7, 3 John 1:11, Revelation 22:7
deceiving: James 1:26, Isaiah 44:20, Obadiah 1:3, 1 Corinthians 3:18, 1 Corinthians 6:9, 1 Corinthians 15:33, Galatians 6:3, Galatians 6:7, 2 Timothy 3:13, Titus 3:3, 2 Peter 2:13, 1 John 1:8, Revelation 12:9
Reciprocal: Exodus 35:1 - do them Leviticus 20:8 - And ye Joshua 1:8 - observe 2 Kings 22:13 - because our fathers Psalms 15:5 - He that doeth Psalms 119:48 - unto thy Proverbs 8:34 - watching Proverbs 14:12 - General Proverbs 15:32 - heareth Proverbs 21:2 - right Proverbs 27:19 - in Isaiah 58:2 - they ask Jeremiah 11:6 - Hear Jeremiah 37:9 - Deceive Jeremiah 38:20 - Obey Jeremiah 42:20 - dissembled in your hearts Ezekiel 18:5 - if Ezekiel 18:9 - walked Ezekiel 33:4 - whosoever heareth Ezekiel 33:31 - and they Zephaniah 2:3 - all Matthew 13:23 - good Luke 6:47 - doeth Luke 6:49 - that heareth Luke 8:15 - keep Luke 8:21 - which John 5:38 - ye have Romans 2:23 - that makest Romans 7:11 - deceived Romans 15:18 - by word Philippians 4:9 - do 2 Thessalonians 2:17 - in James 2:14 - though James 4:11 - a doer
Cross-References
And there was evening, and there was morning-the third day.
And God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to distinguish between the day and the night, and let them be signs to mark the seasons and days and years.
God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth."
Bring out all the living creatures that are with you-birds, livestock, and everything that crawls upon the ground-so that they can spread out over the earth and be fruitful and multiply upon it."
And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.
But Laban replied, "If I have found favor in your eyes, please stay. I have learned by divination that the LORD has blessed me because of you."
Indeed, you had very little before my arrival, but now your wealth has increased many times over. The LORD has blessed you wherever I set foot. But now, when may I also provide for my own household?"
And God told him, "I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation-even a company of nations-shall come from you, and kings shall descend from you.
I will turn toward you and make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will fulfill My covenant with you.
Look at Behemoth, which I made along with you. He feeds on grass like an ox.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
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. Arguments taken from hence are like the sophisms, paralogisms, and false reasonings of sophisters, which carry a fair show, and ensnare and deceive.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only - Obey the gospel, and do not merely listen to it. Compare Matthew 7:21.
Deceiving your own selves - It is implied here, that by merely hearing the word but not doing it, they would deceive their own souls. The nature of this deception was this, that they would imagine that that was all which was required, whereas the main thing was that they should be obedient. If a man supposes that by a mere punctual attendance on preaching, or a respectful attention to it, he has done all that is required of him, he is laboring under a most gross self-deception. And yet there are multitudes who seem to imagine that they have done all that is demanded of them when they have heard attentively the word preached. Of its influence on their lives, and its claims to obedience, they are utterly regardless.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 22. But be ye doers of the word — They had heard this doctrine; they had believed it; but they had put it to no practical use. They were downright Antinomians, who put a sort of stupid, inactive faith in the place of all moral righteousness. This is sufficiently evident from the second chapter.
Deceiving your own selves. — παραλογιζομενοι εαυτους. Imposing on your own selves by sophistical arguments; this is the meaning of the words. They had reasoned themselves into a state of carnal security, and the object of St. James is, to awake them out of their sleep.
