James 1:16-26

16 Don’t be deceived, my dear brothers and sisters.
17 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.
18 He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.

Listening and Doing

19 My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry,
20 because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires.
21 Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you.
22 Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.
23 Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror
24 and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like.
25 But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in it—not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it—they will be blessed in what they do.
26 Those who consider themselves religious and yet do not keep a tight rein on their tongues deceive themselves, and their religion is worthless.

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Cross References 17

  • 1. S 1 Corinthians 6:9
  • 2. ver 19; James 2:5
  • 3. Psalms 85:12; John 3:27; James 3:15,17
  • 4. Genesis 1:16; Psalms 136:7; Daniel 2:22; 1 John 1:5
  • 5. Numbers 23:19; Psalms 102:27; Malachi 3:6
  • 6. S John 1:13
  • 7. S 2 Timothy 2:15
  • 8. Jeremiah 2:3; Ephesians 1:12; Revelation 14:4
  • 9. ver 16; James 2:5
  • 10. Proverbs 10:19; James 3:3-12
  • 11. S Matthew 5:22
  • 12. S Ephesians 4:22
  • 13. Ephesians 1:13
  • 14. S Matthew 7:21; James 2:14-20
  • 15. Psalms 19:7; John 8:32; Galatians 2:4; James 2:12
  • 16. S John 13:17
  • 17. Psalms 34:13; Psalms 39:1; Psalms 141:3; James 3:2-12; 1 Peter 3:10
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