James 1:25

Doers Of The Message, Not Just Hearers

²⁴ He looks at himself, then goes on his way, ²⁵ But he who looks carefully into the perfect Law, the Law of Freedom, and continues to do so, not listening to it and then forgetting it, but putting it into practice--that man will be blessed in what he does. ²⁶ When a man appears to be religious, yet does not bridle his tongue, but imposes upon his own conscience, that man's religious observances are valueless.

Forgetful Hearer

Law of Liberty

O God

No

Luke 11:28

But Jesus replied: "Rather, happy are those who listen to God's Message and keep it."

John 13:17

Now that you know these things, happy are you if you do them.

Galatians 5:1

It is for freedom that Christ set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not again be held under the yoke of slavery.

James 2:12

Therefore, speak and act as men who are to be judged by the 'Law of Freedom.'

1 Peter 2:16

Act as free men, yet not using your freedom as those do who make it a cloak for wickedness, but as Servants of God.

Luke 6:47-49

Every one who comes to me and listens to my teaching and acts upon it--I will show you to whom he may be compared.

John 8:31-32

So Jesus went on to say to those Jews who had believed him: "If you remain constant to my Message, you are truly my disciples;

John 8:36

If, then, the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed!

John 15:9-10

As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you; remain in my love.

Acts 2:42

They devoted themselves to the teaching of the Apostles and to the Common Life of the Church, to the Breaking of the Bread and to the Prayers.

Acts 13:43

After the congregation had dispersed, many of the Jews, and of the converts who joined in their worship, followed Paul and Barnabas, who talked with them and urged them to continue to rely upon the loving-kindness of God.

Acts 26:22

However I have received help from God to this very day, and so stand here, and bear my testimony to high and low alike--without adding a word to what the Prophets, as well as Moses, declared should happen--

Romans 2:7-8

To those who, by perseverance in doing good, aim at glory, honor, and all that is imperishable, he will give Immortal Life;

Romans 7:12

And so the Law is holy, and each Commandment is also holy, and just, and good.

Romans 7:22-23

At heart I delight in the Law of God;

Romans 8:15

For you did not receive the spirit of a slave, to fill you once more with fear, but the spirit of a son which leads us to cry 'Abba, Our Father.'

Romans 11:22

See, then, both the goodness and the severity of God--his severity towards those who fell, and his goodness towards you, provided that you continue to confide in that goodness; otherwise you, also, will be cut off.

1 Corinthians 15:58

Therefore, my dear Brothers, stand firm, unshaken, always diligent in the Lord's work, for you know that, in union with him, your toil is not in vain.

2 Corinthians 3:17-18

And the 'Lord' is the Spirit, and, where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.

2 Corinthians 13:5

Put yourselves to the proof, to see whether you are holding to the Faith. Test yourselves. Surely you recognize this fact about yourselves--that Jesus Christ is in you! Unless indeed you cannot stand the test!

Galatians 2:4

But, on account of the false Brothers who had stolen in, the men who had crept in to spy upon the liberty which we have through union with Christ Jesus, in order to bring us back to slavery--

Colossians 1:23

If only you remain true to your Faith, firm and immovable, never abandoning the hope held out in the Good News to which you listened, which has been proclaimed among all created things under Heaven, and of which I, Paul, was made a minister.

1 Timothy 2:15

But women will find their salvation in motherhood, if they never abandon faith, love, or holiness, and behave with modesty.

1 Timothy 4:16

Look to yourself as well as to your teaching. Persevere in this, for your doing so will mean Salvation for yourself as well as for your hearers.

Hebrews 12:15

Take care that no one fails to use the loving help of God, 'that no bitterness is allowed to take root and spring up, and cause trouble,' and so poison the whole community.

James 1:23-24

For, when any one listens to it and does not practice it, he is like a man looking at his own face in a mirror.

1 John 2:24

As for you, let what you were told at the first be always in your thoughts. If, then, what you were told at the first is always in your thoughts, you yourselves will maintain your union both with the Son and with the Father.

Revelation 14:13

Then I heard a voice from Heaven saying 'Write-- "Blessed are the dead who from this hour die in union with the Lord." "Yes," answers the Spirit, "that they may rest from their toil. Their good deeds go with them."'

Revelation 22:14

Blessed will they be who wash their robes, that they may have the right to approach the Tree of Life, and may enter the City by the gates.