James 1:22-27

22But be doers of the word and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

23Because if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like someone looking at his own face in a mirror.

24For he looks at himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of person he was.

25But the one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom and perseveres in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer who works — this person will be blessed in what he does.

26If anyone thinks he is religious without controlling his tongue, his religion is useless and he deceives himself.

27Pure and undefiled religion before God the Father is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself unstained from the world.