Hearing and Doing

James 1:22-27

Do not deceive yourselves by just Listening to his Word;

instead, put it into Practice.

Whoever listens to the word but does not put it into practice is

like a man who looks in a mirror and sees himself as he is.

He takes a good look at himself and

then goes away and at once forgets what he looks like.

But whoever looks closely into the perfect law that sets people free,

who keeps on paying attention to it

and does not simply listen and then forget it,

but puts it into practise

that person will be blessed by God in what in does.

Does anyone think he is religious?
If he does not control his tongue,

his religion is worthless and he deceives himself.

what God the Father considers

to be pure and genuine religion is this;

to take care of orphans and widows in their suffering and

to keep oneself from being corrupted by the world.