James 1:23 - Catholic Public Domain Version

For if anyone is a listener of the Word, but not also a doer, he is comparable to a man gazing into a mirror upon the face that he was born with;

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

For if anyone only listens to the Word without obeying it and being a doer of it, he is like a man who looks carefully at his [own] natural face in a mirror;

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

Those who hear but don’t do the word are like those who look at their faces in a mirror.