James 1:23

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²³because if anyone is a hearer of the message and not a doer, this one is like someone^h staring at his own faceⁱ in a mirror,

hLiterally “a man,” but clearly in a generic sense here meaning “someone, a person”
iLiterally “the face of his existence”

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.

Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror

Because if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like someone looking at his own face in a mirror.

For if you listen to the word and don’t obey, it is like glancing at your face in a mirror.

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:

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