James 1:19-27

Doers of the Word

19 ¹^aKnow this, ^bmy beloved brothers. But everyone must be quick to hear, ^cslow to speak and ^dslow to anger; 20 for ^athe anger of man does not achieve the righteousness of God. 21 Therefore, ^alaying aside all filthiness and all ¹that remains of wickedness, in gentleness receive ^bthe implanted word, which is able to save your souls. 22 ^aBut become doers of the word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves. 23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his ¹natural face ^ain a mirror; 24 for once he looked at himself and has gone away, ¹he immediately forgot what kind of person he was. 25 But one who looks intently at the perfect law, ^athe law of freedom, and abides by it, not having become a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this man will be ^bblessed in ¹what he does.
26 If anyone thinks himself to be religious while not ¹^abridling his tongue but deceiving his own heart, this man’s religion is worthless. 27 Pure and undefiled religion ^abefore our God and Father is this: to ^bvisit ^corphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained ¹by ^dthe world.

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