occurs in v. 25 to describe the “doer” who looks at the perfect law. Noting this shift, many interpreters think that James intends to contrast the hasty glance that one gives to oneself in a mirror with the careful, intent observation that one gives to the law of God. It is, then, precisely because a person does not look carefully into the mirror that they immediately forget what they have seen; whereas the person who really contemplates God’s law naturally finds their life being changed by the experience.