James 1:22 “Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceivi…”

James 1:22

Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.

World English Bible

But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.

American Standard Version

But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deluding your own selves.

Geneva Bible 1599

And be ye doers of the word, and not hearers onely, deceiuing your owne selues.

Darby Translation

But be ye doers of [the] word and not hearers only, beguiling yourselves.

Young's Literal Translation

and become ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves,

Bible in Basic English

But be doers of the word, and not only hearers of it, blinding yourselves with false ideas.

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Cross references

“be”

Romans 2:13 Luke 6:46–48 John 13:17 James 4:17 1 John 2:3 Luke 11:28

Romans 2:13 · BSB

For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but it is the doers of the law who will be declared righteous.

Luke 6:46–48 · BSB

Why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ but do not do what I say?

John 13:17 · BSB

If you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.

James 4:17 · BSB

Anyone, then, who knows the right thing to do, yet fails to do it, is guilty of sin.

1 John 2:3 · BSB

By this we can be sure that we have come to know Him: if we keep His commandments.

Luke 11:28 · BSB

But He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”

“deceiving”

James 1:26 Galatians 6:7 Galatians 6:3 1 Corinthians 6:9 1 John 1:8 1 Corinthians 15:33

James 1:26 · BSB

If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not bridle his tongue, he deceives his heart and his religion is worthless.

Galatians 6:7 · BSB

Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return.

Galatians 6:3 · BSB

If anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.

1 Corinthians 6:9 · BSB

Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts,

1 John 1:8 · BSB

If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

1 Corinthians 15:33 · BSB

Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”

Also

James 2:14–20

James 2:14–20 · BSB

What good is it, my brothers, if someone claims to have faith, but has no deeds? Can such faith save him?

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

21Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and every expression of evil, and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save your souls.

23For anyone who hears the word but does not carry it out is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror,

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