James 1
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James 1:19-25

1912You knowG3609 this, 3my belovedG27 brothersG80 and sisters. Now everyoneG3956G444 must be quickG5036 to hearG191, 4slowG1021 to speakG2980, and 5slowG1021 to angerG3709; 20for a man’sG435 6angerG3709 does not bringG2038 aboutG2038 the righteousnessG1343 of GodG2316. 21ThereforeG1352, 7riddingG659 yourselves ofG659 allG3956 filthinessG4507 and all 8that remainsG4050 of wickednessG2549, in 9humilityG4240 receiveG1209 10the wordG3056 implantedG1721, which is ableG1410 to saveG4982 your soulsG5590. 2211But proveG1096 yourselves doersG4163 of the wordG3056, and not justG3441 hearersG202 who deceiveG3884 themselvesG1438. 23For ifG1487 anyoneG5100 is a hearerG202 of the wordG3056 and not a doerG4163, he isG1858 likeG1858 a manG435 who looksG2657 atG2657 his 12naturalG1078 faceG4383 13in a mirrorG2072; 24for once he has lookedG2657 atG2657 himselfG1438 and goneG565 awayG565, 14he has immediatelyG2112 forgottenG1950 whatG3697 kindG3697 ofG3697 personG3697 he was. 25But one who has lookedG3879 intentlyG3879 at the perfectG5046 lawG3551, 15the law of freedomG1657, and has continuedG3887 in it, not having becomeG1096 a forgetfulG1953 hearerG202 but 16an activeG2041 doerG4163, thisG3778 personG3778 will be 17blessedG3107 in 18whatG4162 he doesG4162.

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Notes

  1. 1. James 1:19 Or Know this ↩
  2. 2. James 1:19 1 John 2:21 ↩
  3. 3. James 1:19 Acts 1:15; James 1:2, 16; 2:1, 5, 14; 3:1, 10; 4:11; 5:12, 19 ↩
  4. 4. James 1:19 Prov 10:19; 17:27 ↩
  5. 5. James 1:19 Prov 16:32; Eccl 7:9 ↩
  6. 6. James 1:20 Matt 5:22; Eph 4:26 ↩
  7. 7. James 1:21 Eph 4:22; 1 Pet 2:1 ↩
  8. 8. James 1:21 Lit abundance of malice ↩
  9. 9. James 1:21 Or gentleness ↩
  10. 10. James 1:21 Eph 1:13; 1 Pet 1:22f ↩
  11. 11. James 1:22 Matt 7:24-27; Luke 6:46-49; Rom 2:13; James 1:22-25; 2:14-20 ↩
  12. 12. James 1:23 Lit the face of his birth; or nature ↩
  13. 13. James 1:23 1 Cor 13:12 ↩
  14. 14. James 1:24 Lit and he ↩
  15. 15. James 1:25 John 8:32; Rom 8:2; Gal 2:4; 6:2; James 2:12; 1 Pet 2:16 ↩
  16. 16. James 1:25 Lit a doer of a work ↩
  17. 17. James 1:25 John 13:17 ↩
  18. 18. James 1:25 Lit his doing ↩

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