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:
In other versions
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:
ASV
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;
BBE
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:
DBY
For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man beholding his natural face in a mirror;
WEB
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,
YLT
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:
ENG
For if any is a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
WBT
For anyone who hears the word but does not carry it out is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror,
BSB
In context
21Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
22But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
23For 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:
24For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
25But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.