Listening
and Doing
19 Understand
this, my dear brothers and sisters: You must all be quick to listen, slow to
speak, and slow to get angry.20 Human anger does
not produce the righteousness God desires. 21 So
get rid of all the filth and evil in your lives, and humbly accept the word God
has planted in your hearts, for it has the power to save your souls.
22 But don’t
just listen to God’s word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only
fooling yourselves. 23 For if you listen to the
word and don’t obey, it is like glancing at your face in a mirror. 24 You
see yourself, walk away, and forget what you look like. 25 But
if you look carefully into the perfect law that sets you free, and if you do
what it says and don’t forget what you heard, then God will bless you for doing
it.
26 If you
claim to be religious but don’t control your tongue, you are fooling yourself,
and your religion is worthless.27 Pure and genuine
religion in the sight of God the Father means caring for orphans and widows in
their distress and refusing to let the world corrupt you. James 1:19-27
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