But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.
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James · James 1
James 1:22
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21Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
James 1:22
But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.
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23For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at his natural face in a mirror;
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- 1 Samuel 15:22Shares a themeSamuel said, “Has the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the LORD’s voice? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams.Shared with Obedience
- John 14:15Shares a themeIf you love me, keep my commandments.Shared with Obedience
- Luke 11:28Shares a themeBut he said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God, and keep it.”Shared with Obedience
- Deuteronomy 11:26-28Shares a themeBehold, I set before you today a blessing and a curse: the blessing, if you listen to the commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you today; and the curse, if you do not listen to the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn away out of the way which I command you today, to go after other gods which you have not known.Shared with Obedience
- Romans 12:1-2Shares a themeTherefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service. Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.Shared with Obedience