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21 Therefore having laid-aside all filthiness and abundance[a] of badness, receive with gentleness the implanted word being able to save your souls.

But Be Doers of The Word, Not Hearers Only

22 But be[b] doers of the word and not hearers only, deluding[c] yourselves. 23 Because if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, this one is like a man considering[d] the face of his birth[e] in a mirror.

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Footnotes

  1. James 1:21 Or, overflow, surplus.
  2. James 1:22 Or, become.
  3. James 1:22 That is, deluding yourselves that you have genuinely received God’s word.
  4. James 1:23 Or, looking-closely-at.
  5. James 1:23 Or, existence. That is, his natural face.

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