For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like. You perceive 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 first concerns the Spirit, who imparts the new birth. But For if anyone only listens to the word without obeying it, he is like a man who looks very carefully at his natural face in a mirror for once he has looked at himself and gone away, he immediately fo If you listen to the Word and don’t live out the message you hear, you become like the person who looks in the mirror of the Word to discover the reflection of his face in the beginning. Pink ( Exposition of John, online at ) points out that there are three musts in John: You must be born again (3:7) the Son of Man must be lifted up (3:14) and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth (4:24). But w For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. But the truly happy peo For if any one is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a mirror: for he beholdeth himself, and goeth away, and straightway forgetteth what manner of Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. They see their faces and then go away and quickly forget what they looked like. Act on what you hear! Those who hear and don’t act are like those 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 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his natural face in a mirror for once he has looked at himself and gone away, he has immediately forgotten what kin Those who hear God’s teaching and do nothing are like people who look at themselves in a mirror. But if you look carefully into the perfect law t Don’t fool yourself into thinking that you are a listener when you are anything but, letting the Word go in one ear and out the other.

You see yourself, walk away, and forget what you look like. James 1:23-27 For if you listen to the word and don’t obey, it is like glancing at your face in a mirror.

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