James 1:23-26

CLV(i) 23 For if anyone is a listener to the word and not a doer, this one simulates a man considering the face he inherited in a mirror;" 24 for he considers himself and has come away, and immediately forgot what kind he was." 25 Now he who peers into the perfect law, that of freedom, and abides, not becoming a forgetful listener, but a doer of the work, this one will be happy in his doing." 26 If anyone is seeming to be a ritualist, not bridling his tongue, but seducing his heart, the ritual of this one is vain,