James 1:19-27 - Doers Of The Message, Not Just Hearers
20 For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God. 21 Wherefore laying aside all vicious pollution, and the abundance of iniquity, receive with meekness the ingrafted word, which hath power to save your souls.
22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves by false reasoning. 23 For if any man be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like a man that looks at his natural face in a glass; 24 for he beheld himself, and went away, and immediately forgot what sort of person he was. 25 But he that looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and perseveres, this man not being a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, he shall be blessed in his practice.
26 If any man thinks he is a religious character among you, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain. 27 Pure religion and undefiled with God even the Father is this, To pay diligent attention to the orphans and widows in their affliction, and to preserve himself spotless from the world.