James 1:23

Beholding his face in a glass — How exactly does the scripture glass show a man the face of his soul!

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For if any be ... - The ground of the comparison in these verses is obvious. The apostle refers to what all persons experience, the fact that we...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(17) For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his (u) natural face in a glass: (17) Secondly: because the...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Be sure of it ( cf. mg.), he goes on, and turns to ask what conduct right views of God should produce. Humility and self-control, firstly, then puri...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

unto . to. beholding . Greek. katanoeo. Genitive rendered "consider. " App-133. his natural face . Literally the face ( James 1:11 ) of his bi...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

23 He is like to a man. Heavenly doctrine is indeed a mirror in which God presents himself to our view; but so that we may be transformed unt...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Doers of the Word:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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;
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 33:31 ; Ezekiel 33:32 ; James 2:14-26 ; Jeremiah 44:16 ; Luke 6:47-49 ; Matthew 7:26 ; Matthew 7:27

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:

Related Commentaries of James 1:23

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

James 1:23