King James Version
James 1:22 in the King James Version says “But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.” — study this verse from James chapter 1 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.”
James 1:22 · KJV
For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
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.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“be ye”
G1096to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e., (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
“of the word”
G3056something said (including the thought); by implication, a topic (subject of discourse), also reasoning (the mental faculty) or motive; by extension, a
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“not”
G3361(adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas g3756 expects an affirmative one)) whether
“your own selves”
G1438(him- her-, it-, them-, my-, thy-, our-, your-)self (selves), etc
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