A moment in scripture
James 1:22
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But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
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The surrounding passage
- James 1:20
For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
- James 1:21
Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
- James 1:23
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 1:24
For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.