James 1:23 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“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:”

James 1:23 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

James 1:23 in 6 Bible Translations

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James 1:23 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at his natural face in a mirror;”

James 1:23 — World English Bible

James 1:23 ASV — 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:”

James 1:23 — American Standard Version

James 1:23 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“because, if any one is a hearer of the word and not a doer, this one hath been like to a man viewing his natural face in a mirror,”

James 1:23 — Young's Literal Translation

James 1:23 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“For if any man be a hearer of [the] word and not a doer, he is like to a man considering his natural face in a mirror:”

James 1:23 — Darby Translation

James 1:23 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“For if any heare the woorde, and doe it not, he is like vnto a man, that beholdeth his naturall face in a glasse.”

James 1:23 — Geneva Bible

James 1:23 in Context — James 1

21 Por lo cual, dejando toda inmundicia y superfluidad de malicia, recibid con mansedumbre la palabra ingerida, la cual puede hacer salvas vuestras almas.

22 Mas sed hacedores de la palabra, y no tan solamente oidores, engañándoos á vosotros mismos.

23 Porque si alguno oye la palabra, y no la pone por obra, este tal es semejante al hombre que considera en un espejo su rostro natural.

24 Porque él se consideró á sí mismo, y se fué, y luego se olvidó qué tal era.

25 Mas el que hubiere mirado atentamente en la perfecta ley, [que es] la de la libertad, y perseverado [en ella], no siendo oidor olvidadizo, sino hacedor de la obra, este tal será bienaventurado en su hecho.

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What Does James 1:23 Mean?

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