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Tiago 1:23

Listen to Tiago 1:23
23 Aquele que ouve a palavra, mas não a põe em prática, é semelhante a um homem que olha a sua face num espelho

Tiago 1:23 Meaning and Commentary

James 1:23

But if any man be a hearer of the word, and not a doer,
&c.] The Arabic version here again reads, "a hearer of the law", and so some copies; not hearing, but practice, is the main thing; not theory, but action: hence, says R. Simeon, not the word, or the searching into it, and the explanation of it, is the root, or principal thing, (hvemh ala) , "but the work" F16: and if a man is only a preacher, or a hearer, and not a doer,

he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass;
or, "the face of his generation"; the face with which he was born; his true, genuine, native face; in distinction from any counterfeit one, or from the face of his mind: it means his own corporeal face. The Ethiopic version renders it, "the lineaments of his face".


FOOTNOTES:

F16 Pirke Abot, c. 1. sect. 17.
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Tiago 1:23 In-Context

21 Portanto, livrem-se de toda impureza moral e da maldade que prevalece e aceitem humildemente a palavra implantada em vocês, a qual é poderosa para salvá-los.
22 Sejam praticantes da palavra, e nĂŁo apenas ouvintes, enganando vocĂŞs mesmos.
23 Aquele que ouve a palavra, mas não a põe em prática, é semelhante a um homem que olha a sua face num espelho
24 e, depois de olhar para si mesmo, sai e logo esquece a sua aparĂŞncia.
25 Mas o homem que observa atentamente a lei perfeita, que traz a liberdade, e persevera na prática dessa lei, não esquecendo o que ouviu mas praticando-o, será feliz naquilo que fizer.
Biblia Sagrada, Nova Versão Internacional®, NVI® Copyright © 1993, 2000 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

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