James 1:21-27

New King James Version

Doers—Not Hearers Only

²¹ Therefore ^(A)lay aside all filthiness and ^[a]overflow of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, ^(B)which is able to save your souls.

²² But ^(C)be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. ²³ For ^(D)if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; ²⁴ for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. ²⁵ But ^(E)he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, ^(F)this one will be blessed in what he does.

²⁶ If anyone ^[b]among you thinks he is religious, and ^(G)does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this one’s religion is useless. ^27 (H)Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: ^(I)to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, ^(J)and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.