 | James Macknight - 1810 - 586 էջ
...and not hearers only (irxf»>ayi^ffictti) deceiving yourselvet iy false reasoning. 23 For if any one be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like a man who -views his natural face1 in a lookingglass. 20 Besides, persecution raised by the wrath of... | |
 | Joseph Lathrop - 1810 - 416 էջ
...word, that you may grow thereby. " You must be doers of the word, and not hearers only ; for if any man be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like a man who beholclcth his natural face in a glass, and then goeth his way, and forgetteth what manner... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 444 էջ
...blinds him again, and the wound is healed by a cry of Peace, peace, where God has never spoken peace. " For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer,...straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was." I know that fallen man in the glass of God's word is a leper from head to foot, an enemy to God, a... | |
 | John Wesley - 1811 - 468 էջ
...Christianity. O that we may not be hearers of it only ! " Like a man beholding his own face in a glass, who goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was." Nay, but let us steadily " look into this perfect law of liberty, and continue therein." Let us not... | |
 | Francis Gastrell - 1812 - 378 էջ
...to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken, than the fat of rams. Be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves : For...man beholding his natural face in a glass ; for he behddeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of .man he was : But whoso... | |
 | 1808 - 632 էջ
...while they hear the word of God ; but they remember no longer than they hear. St. James says,1 Such are like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass...straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.' Local circurn-lances are infinitely various. The prejudices of education, example, early habits, have... | |
 | Richard Mant - 1813 - 440 էջ
...practice. This reason is suggested by the Apostle himself in the words following my text. " If any man be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like...straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was:" he forgets the spots and stains Avhich he saw upon his face, and so neglects to remove them. " But... | |
 | 1813 - 580 էջ
...there shall no flesh be justified in his sight : for by the law is the knowledge of sin. o James i. 23. For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer,...like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass ; Ver. 24. For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manthe curse... | |
 | 1826 - 638 էջ
...hear sermons from the epistle qf James—who says, " If any be wgrd, is like unto a man beholding bis natural face in a glass : for he beholdeth himself...straightway forgetteth, what manner of man he was." They are contented with making a profession of faith, but they are not scrupulous to let their lives... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 1874 - 608 էջ
...beholdeth his natural face in a (jlass, and going away, straightway forgetteth what manner of a man he is. But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he, not being a forgetful hearer, hut a doer of the work, that man shall be blessed in hie deed." And with... | |
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For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass, " for he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. 
