Yǎgèshū 1:22

22 Zhǐshì nǐmen yào Hángdào , búyào dāndān tīng dào , zìjǐ qī hǒng zìjǐ .

Yǎgèshū 1:22 Meaning and Commentary

James 1:22

But be ye doers of the word
And they are such, who spiritually understand it; gladly receive it; and from the heart obey it, and make a sincere and ingenuous profession of it; and who submit to the ordinances it directs to, and keep them as they have been delivered; and live, and walk, becoming their profession of it. The Arabic and Ethiopic versions read, "be ye doers of the law"; and so one of Stephens's copies, as in ( Romans 2:13 )

and not hearers only;
though the word should be heard swiftly and readily, and received with meekness; yet it should not be barely heard, and assented to; but what is heard should be put in practice; and especially men should not depend upon their hearing, as if that would save them; this is deceiving your own selves; such as rest upon the outward hearing of the word will be sadly deceived, and will find themselves miserably mistaken, another day; see ( Luke 13:25 Luke 13:26 ) . Arguments taken from hence are like the sophisms, paralogisms, and false reasonings of sophisters, which carry a fair show, and ensnare and deceive.

Yǎgèshū 1:22 In-Context

20 Yīnwei rén de nùqì , bìng bù chéngjiù shén de yì .

21 Suǒyǐ nǐmen yào tuō qù yīqiè de wūhuì , hé yíng yú de xiéè , cún wēnróu de xīn lǐngshòu nà suǒ zāizhòng de dào , jiù shì néng jiù nǐmen línghún de dào .

22 Zhǐshì nǐmen yào Hángdào , búyào dāndān tīng dào , zìjǐ qī hǒng zìjǐ .

23 Yīnwei tīng dào ér bù Hángdào de , jiù xiàng rén duì zhe jìngzi kàn zìjǐ bĕnlái de miànmù .

24 Kànjian , zǒu hòu , suíjí wàng le tāde xiàngmào rúhé .