Jam 1:16-27 | ESV | STEP | Do not be deceived , my beloved brothers .

James 1:16-27

16 Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers. 17 ^aEvery good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from ^bthe Father of lights, ^cwith whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. ^{▼▼Some manuscripts variation due to a shadow of turning} 18 ^eOf his own will he ^fbrought us forth by the word of truth, ^gthat we should be a kind of ^hfirstfruits of his creatures.

Hearing and Doing the Word

19 ⁱKnow this, my beloved brothers: let every person ^jbe quick to hear, ^kslow to speak, ^lslow to anger; 20 for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God. 21 Therefore ^mput away all filthiness and rampant wickedness and receive with ⁿmeekness the implanted word, ^owhich is able to save your souls.

22 But be ^pdoers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. 23 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. 24 For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like. 25 But the one who looks into the perfect law, ^qthe law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, ^rhe will be blessed in his doing.

26 If anyone thinks he is religious ^sand does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person’s ^treligion is worthless. 27 Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: ^uto visit ^vorphans and widows in their affliction, and ^wto keep oneself ^xunstained from the world.