James 1:22
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
บันทึกการศึกษา
Study Note
James' injunction to be 'doers of the word and not hearers only' engages a controversy about the sufficiency of instruction that has both Jewish precedent (the Shema's integration of hearing and doing) and Hellenistic philosophical parallels (Stoic critiques of merely theoretical ethics). The charge of 'deceiving your own selves' (paralogizomenoi heautous) introduces the theme of self-deception that runs through the letter, suggesting the epistemological danger is internal rather than external. James' analogy of the man who hears but does not do to one who looks in a mirror and immediately forgets his face (vv. 23–24) is a memorable pedagogical illustration of practical amnesia. The verse has been central to debates about faith and works, and Luther's characterization of James as an 'epistle of straw' was partly a response to its perceived emphasis on performance.
การแปลอื่น ๆ
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deluding your own selves.
and become ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves,
But be doers of the word, and not only hearers of it, blinding yourselves with false ideas.
การอ้างอิงไขว้
He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is …
But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto …
And that servant, which knew his lord’s will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be …
But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and …
And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things …
And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to …