James 1:25

Doers Of The Message, Not Just Hearers

²⁴ for he looks at himself and goes away, and immediately forgets what he was like. ²⁵ But one who looks intently into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and abides by it, not having become a forgetful hearer but a doer that acts, this man will be blessed in what he does. ²⁶ If anyone thinks himself to be religious, and yet does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this man's religion is worthless.

Forgetful Hearer

Law of Liberty

O God

No

Luke 11:28

But he said, "Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!"

John 13:17

If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.

Galatians 5:1

It was for freedom that Christ has set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery.

James 2:12

So speak and so act as those who are to be judged by the law of liberty.

1 Peter 2:16

Live as free men, but do not use your freedom as a covering for evil; live as servants of God.

Luke 6:47-49

Every one who comes to me and hears my words and does them, I will show you what he is like:

John 8:31-32

Jesus then said to the Jews who had believed in him, "If you continue in my word, you are truly my disciples.

John 8:36

So if the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed.

John 15:9-10

As the Father has loved me, I also have loved you; abide in my love.

Acts 2:42

They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.

Acts 13:43

When the meeting of the synagogue broke up, many Jews and devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who spoke to them and urged them to continue in the grace of God.

Acts 26:22

To this day I have had the help that comes from God, and so I stand here testifying both to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses said would happen:

Romans 2:7-8

to those who by patience in doing good seek for glory, honor, and immortality, he will give eternal life;

Romans 7:12

So the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and just and good.

Romans 7:22-23

For I delight in the law of God, in my inner being,

Romans 8:15

For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship by whom we cry out, "Abba, Father."

Romans 11:22

Therefore consider the kindness and the severity of God: severity toward those who fell, but kindness to you, provided you continue in his kindness; otherwise you also will be cut off.

1 Corinthians 15:58

Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

2 Corinthians 3:17-18

Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.

2 Corinthians 13:5

Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not realize that Christ Jesus is in youunless, indeed, you fail the test?

Galatians 2:4

But it was because of the false brethren secretly brought in, who had slipped in to spy out our freedom which we have in Christ Jesus, in order to bring us into bondage.

Colossians 1:23

if indeed you continue in the faith firmly established and steadfast, and are not moved away from the hope of the gospel that you have heard, which has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a minister.

1 Timothy 2:15

But women will be saved through the bearing of children, if they continue in faith and love and holiness with self-restraint.

1 Timothy 4:16

Take heed to yourself and to your teaching; persevere in them, for if you do, you will save both yourself and your hearers.

Hebrews 12:15

See to it that no one comes short of the grace of God; that no root of bitterness spring up and cause trouble, and by it many become defiled;

James 1:23-24

For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his natural face in a mirror;

1 John 2:24

Let that abide in you which you heard from the beginning. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, then you also will abide in the Son and in the Father.

Revelation 14:13

And I heard a voice from heaven, saying, "Write, 'Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on!'" "Yes," says the Spirit, "that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow them."

Revelation 22:14

Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter by the gates into the city.