11 translations · Greek
James 1:22
But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.
James 1:22 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.
- KJV King James Version
- But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.
- ASV American Standard Version
- But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deluding your own selves.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- and become doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves,
- FBV Free Bible Version
- But do what the word says—don't just listen to it and delude yourselves.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- and become ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves,
- DBY Darby Translation
- But be ye doers of [the] word and not hearers only, beguiling yourselves.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Γίνεσθε | Ginesthe | Be | G1096 γίνομαι to be |
| δὲ | de | — | G1161 δέ then |
| ποιηταὶ | poiētai | doers | G4163 ποιητής doer |
| λόγου | logou | of [the] word | G3056 λόγος word |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| μὴ | mē | not | G3361 μή not |
| ἀκροαταὶ | akroatai | hearers | G202 ἀκροατής hearer |
| μόνον | monon | only | G3440 μόνον only |
| παραλογιζόμενοι | paralogizomenoi | [Otherwise,] you are deceiving | G3884 παραλογίζομαι to deceive |
| ἑαυτούς | heautous | yourselves | G1438 ἑαυτοῦ themself |
Related verses
- Romans 2:13
For it isn’t the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law will be justified
- Luke 6:46–48
“Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and don’t do the things which I say? Everyone who comes to me, and hears my words, and does them, I will show you who he is like. He is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep, and laid a foundation on the rock. When a flood arose, the stream broke against that house, and could not shake it, because it was founded on the rock.
- John 13:17
If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.
- James 4:17
To him therefore who knows to do good, and doesn’t do it, to him it is sin.
- 1 John 2:3
This is how we know that we know him: if we keep his commandments.
- Luke 11:28
But he said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God, and keep it.”
- James 2:14–20
What good is it, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has no works? Can faith save him? And if a brother or sister is naked and in lack of daily food, and one of you tells them, “Go in peace, be warmed and filled”; and yet you didn’t give them the things the body needs, what good is it? …
- Matthew 12:50
For whoever does the will of my Father who is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.”
- Colossians 3:17
Whatever you do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father, through him.
- Matthew 7:21–27
Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will tell me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, didn’t we prophesy in your name, in your name cast out demons, and in your name do many mighty works?’ Then I will tell them, ‘I never knew you. Depart from me, you who work iniquity.’ …
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In context
20 for the anger of man doesn’t produce the righteousness of God.
21 Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
22 But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.
23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at his natural face in a mirror;
24 for he sees himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.
Read all of James 1 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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