But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.
Learn to master passion under affliction: listen more than you speak, and do not rage against God's providence as David and Jonah did. Hear what He explains through your trials instead of hasty judgment.
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Commenting on James 1:19-27
You deceive yourselves if you suppose punctual attendance at preaching is all that is required. The main thing is obedience; countless people imagine they have done enough by hearing attentively, utterly regardless of the word's claim on their lives.
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But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. (15) Another admonition: therefore God's word is heard, that we may model our lives according to the laws it contains. He adds reasons, and those most weighty: first, because they that do otherwise seriously harm themselves.