Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on James 1:22

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22. Qualification of the precept, "Be swift to hear ": "Be ye doers . . . not hearers only"; not merely " Do the word," but " Be doers" systematically and continually, as if this was your regular business. James here again refers to the Sermon on the Mount ( Matthew 7:21-29 ). deceiving your own selves —by the logical fallacy (the Greek implies this) that the mere hearing is all that is needed. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-23" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

• part_of pericope/per-jas-1-006

절 (explains)

bible-text/jas-1-22

Source

• source-manifest/jfb — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)
• evidence_grade: T_theological