^22–24Don’t fool yourself into thinking that you are a listener when you are anything but, letting the Word go in one ear and out the other. Act on what you hear!

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James 1:22: But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

But be doers of the word and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

NLTNew Living Translation

But don’t just listen to God’s word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

But be doers of the message and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves,

KJV 1900King James Version

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

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