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forγὰρhe looked atκατενόησενhimselfἑαυτὸνandκαὶhas gone awayἀπελήλυθενandκαὶat onceεὐθέωςforgotἐπελάθετοwhat kind of manὁποῖοςhe was.ἦν
James 1:24
Study it in the app“for he looked at himself and has gone away and at once forgot what kind of man he was.”
James: don't just listen; whoever looks and does not act forgets what they looked likeThe Word of GodBe doers of the word, and not hearers onlyObedience
With the Greek beneath
James 1:24, word by word
- he looked atκατενόησενkatenoēsen
consider, notice
Notice, consider carefully, observe.
Where else “katenoēsen” appears- has gone awayἀπελήλυθενapelēlythen
go away
To leave where one is for another place, leaving something or someone behind.
Where else “apelēlythen” appears- at onceεὐθέωςeutheōs
immediately
Immediately, at once.
Where else “eutheōs” appears- forgotἐπελάθετοepelatheto
forget
Forget; neglect.
Where else “epelatheto” appears- what kind of manὁποῖοςhopoios
what sort, such as
Of what sort, what kind; "such as".
Where else “hopoios” appears- he wasἦνēn
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “ēn” appears
The context
23For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking closely at the face he was born with in a mirror;
24 · This verse (above)
25But the one who looks intently into the perfect law, the law of freedom, and remains in it, becoming not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be happy in his doing.
To study James 1 in a group
1. What it says
What does James say the testing of faith produces, and what should someone do who lacks wisdom (v. 2-5)?
2. What it means
James says it is not enough to hear the word; we must do it (v. 22-25). Why does he use the image of a mirror?
3. How I live it
James speaks of being quick to hear and slow to speak (v. 19). In what conversation today could you listen more?