For if someone merely listens to the message and does not live it out, he is like someone ¹  who gazes at his own face ²  in a mirror.

biblegateway Jam 1:23

For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his natural face in a mirror;

Because if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at his own face in a mirror;

because if anyone is a hearer of the message and not a doer, this one is like someone staring at _his own face_ in a mirror,

biblegateway Jam 1:23

Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror

For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror.

bibleoremus Jam 1:23

For if any are hearers of the word and not doers, they are like those who look at themselves in a mirror;

Anyone who listens to the message but does not act on it is like somebody looking in a mirror at the face nature gave him;

biblegateway Jam 1:23

For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror;

For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:

biblegateway Jam 1:23

For if someone merely listens to the message and does not live it out, he is like someone ¹  who gazes at his own face ²  in a mirror.

¹ tn The word for “man” or “individual” is ἀνήρ (anhr), which often means “male” or “man (as opposed to woman).” However, as BDAG 79 s.v. 2 says, here it is “equivalent to τὶς someone, a person.”

² tn Grk “the face of his beginning [or origin].”