James 1:23 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

unto. to.

beholding. Greek. katanoeo. Genitive rendered "consider. " App-133.

his natural face. Literally the face (James 1:11) of his birth (Greek. genesis. Only here, James 3:6, and Matthew 1:1).

glass. mirror. Greek. esoptron. Only here and 1 Corinthians 13:12

James 1:23

23 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: