Focused Passage

James 1:22-25

Endurance, Wisdom, and the Implanted Word

James moves from the testing of faith in trials, to the need for God-given wisdom, to the danger of desire-born temptation, to the call to receive and obey the implanted word in pure and undefiled religion.

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22Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.

23For anyone who hears the word but does not carry it out is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror,

24and after observing himself goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like.

25But the one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom, and continues to do so—not being a forgetful hearer, but an effective doer—he will be blessed in what he does.

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References and Original Words

Verse 22

Original words

-δὲG1161ConjunctionBeΓίνεσθεG1096Verb - Present Imperative Middle or Passive - 2nd Person PluraldoersποιηταὶG4163Noun - Nominative Masculine Pluralof [the] wordλόγουG3056Noun - Genitive Masculine SingularandκαὶG2532ConjunctionnotμὴG3361AdverbhearersἀκροαταὶG202Noun - Nominative Masculine PluralonlyμόνονG3440Adverb[Otherwise,] you are deceivingπαραλογιζόμενοιG3884Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine PluralyourselvesἑαυτούςG1438Reflexive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Verse 23

Original words

ForὅτιG3754Conjunction-εἴG1487ConjunctionanyoneτιςG5100Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine SingularvvvἐστὶνG1510Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singularwho hearsἀκροατὴςG202Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular[the] wordλόγουG3056Noun - Genitive Masculine SingularbutκαὶG2532ConjunctionvvvοὐG3756Adverbdoes not carry it outποιητήςG4163Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular-οὗτοςG3778Demonstrative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singularis likeἔοικενG1503Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singulara man [who]ἀνδρὶG435Noun - Dative Masculine SingularlooksκατανοοῦντιG2657Verb - Present Participle Active - Dative Masculine Singular-τὸG3588Article - Accusative Neuter Singular-τῆςG3588Article - Genitive Feminine Singularat hisαὐτοῦG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person SingularvvvγενέσεωςG1078Noun - Genitive Feminine SingularfaceπρόσωπονG4383Noun - Accusative Neuter SingularinἐνG1722Prepositiona mirrorἐσόπτρῳG2072Noun - Dative Neuter Singular
Verse 24

Original words

[and]γὰρG1063Conjunctionafter observingκατενόησενG2657Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularhimselfἑαυτὸνG1438Reflexive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular-καὶG2532Conjunctiongoes awayἀπελήλυθενG565Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularandκαὶG2532ConjunctionimmediatelyεὐθέωςG2112AdverbforgetsἐπελάθετοG1950Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person SingularvvvὁποῖοςG3697Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singularwhat he [looks] likeἦνG1510Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Verse 25

Original words

ButδὲG1161Conjunctionthe [one who]G3588Article - Nominative Masculine Singularlooks intentlyπαρακύψαςG3879Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine SingularintoεἰςG1519Preposition[the] perfectτέλειονG5046Adjective - Accusative Masculine SingularlawνόμονG3551Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular-τὸνG3588Article - Accusative Masculine Singular-τῆςG3588Article - Genitive Feminine Singularof freedomἐλευθερίαςG1657Noun - Genitive Feminine SingularandκαὶG2532Conjunctioncontinues to do soπαραμείναςG3887Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine SingularnotοὐκG3756AdverbbeingγενόμενοςG1096Verb - Aorist Participle Middle - Nominative Masculine Singulara forgetfulἐπιλησμονῆςG1953Noun - Genitive Feminine SingularhearerἀκροατὴςG202Noun - Nominative Masculine SingularbutἀλλὰG235Conjunctionan effectiveἔργουG2041Noun - Genitive Neuter SingulardoerποιητὴςG4163Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular[he]οὗτοςG3778Demonstrative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singularwill beἔσταιG1510Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person SingularblessedμακάριοςG3107Adjective - Nominative Masculine SingularinἐνG1722PrepositionwhatτῇG3588Article - Dative Feminine SingularheαὐτοῦG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person SingulardoesποιήσειG4162Noun - Dative Feminine Singular

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