James Chapter 1 verse 22 Holy Bible
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deluding your own selves.
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But be doers of the word, and not only hearers of it, blinding yourselves with false ideas.
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But be ye doers of [the] word and not hearers only, beguiling yourselves.
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But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
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But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.
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and become ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 22. - They are not merely to receive and hear the Word; they must also act upon it. Compare St. Paul's teaching in Romans 2:13, "For not the hearers (ἀκροαταὶ) of a law are just before God, but the doers of a law shall be justified." Ἀκροατής occurs nowhere else except in these passages. Deceiving your own selves (παραλογίζειν); to lead astray by false reasonings; only here and in Colossians 2:4. Not uncommon in the LXX.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(22) Doers of the word.--Acting up to the full of their knowledge, whether gained by the spoken or the written Word of God. There is a force in the original sentence, which our own language cannot supply. The term "deceiving" is the contrary of that rendered "word," and means its corruption; the Word which is the source of knowledge and life may be so handled as to cause error and death. No acquaintance with the Bible, apart from the practice of its precepts, will avail the Christian any more than it did the Jew. "For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers shall be justified" (Romans 2:13). Those who deceive themselves may not altogether be hypocrites; there is a subtler danger of being blind, and nevertheless exclaiming "We see." (Comp. John 9:41.)
