James compares looking into a mirror with looking into the law of God. The big idea will be that, in both cases, merely looking is not enough.

He is like unto a man: the Greek word here used, properly signifies the sex, not the species, but is indifferently used by this apostle with the other, as Jam 1 ...

So James is going to set them straight by calling it the law of freedom. That is definitely an attention-getting phrase, because normally we think of a law as ...

21 июл. 2015 г. · James 1:23-24 · "For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror.

THE MIRROR OF TRUTH. “But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer,

25 июл. 2024 г. · James urges people who listen to God's Word to demonstrate a sincere commitment to the Lord by reacting to what they hear with obedient action.

Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror 24 and, after looking at himself, goes away.

3 янв. 2016 г. · This explains the older translation, “natural face” (KJV, NASB, ESV). Whatever it means, certainly taking a stab at it is better than ...