James 1:23

For if someone merely listens to the message and does not live it out, he is like someone ¹  who gazes at his own face ²  in a mirror.

biblegateway Jam 1:23

Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror

biblegateway Jam 1:23

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

biblegateway Jam 1:23

For if you just listen and don’t obey, it is like looking at your face in a mirror but doing nothing to improve your appearance.

biblegateway Jam 1:23

Those who hear and don't act are like those who glance in the mirror,

SABDAweb Jam 1:23

Because if any man is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at his natural face in a glass;

bibleoremus Jam 1:23

For if any are hearers of the word and not doers, they are like those who look at themselves in a mirror;

biblegateway Jam 1:23

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

biblegateway Jam 1:23

For if someone merely listens to the message and does not live it out, he is like someone ¹  who gazes at his own face ²  in a mirror.

¹ tn The word for “man” or “individual” is ἀνήρ (anhr), which often means “male” or “man (as opposed to woman).” However, as BDAG 79 s.v. 2 says, here it is “equivalent to τὶς someone, a person.”

² tn Grk “the face of his beginning [or origin].”