James 1:19–27

Qualities Needed in Trials

¹⁹³So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, ^uslow to speak, ^vslow to wrath; ²⁰for the wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of God.

Doers—Not Hearers Only

²¹Therefore ^wlay aside all filthiness and ⁴overflow of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, ^xwhich is able to save your souls.

²²But ^ybe doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. ²³For ^zif anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; ²⁴for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. ²⁵But ^ahe who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, ^bthis one will be blessed in what he does.

²⁶If anyone ⁵among you thinks he is religious, and ^cdoes not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this one’s religion is useless. ^27dPure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: ^eto visit orphans and widows in their trouble, ^fand to keep oneself unspotted from the world.