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1:22-25 If we heard a sermon every day of the week, and an angel from heaven were the preacher, yet, if we rested in hearing only, it would never bring us to heaven. Mere hearers are self-deceivers; and self-deceit will be found the worst deceit at last.
David Guzik commentary on James 1 talks about how the believer can make it through trials, and how he can receive wisdom from God.
The blessed hearer and doer applies the word so that it changes his conduct and his character in the sight of God. In contrast to the worthless religion of the man in 1:26, in 1:27 James gives two practical examples of a person who applies God’s word.
James 1, Barclay's Daily Study Bible, Barclay's Daily Study Bible enriches Christians' understanding of Scripture with insightful analysis of original texts and cultural context.
Explore the book of James and its themes of true religion and humility with Dan Doriani in this free volume of The Gospel Coalition Bible Commentary.
We should come to the word of God (both to read it and hear it), as those who know it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth, Rom. 1:16. 3. We are taught what is to be done after hearing ( v. 22 ): But be you doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
1. James --an apostle of the circumcision, with Peter and John, James in Jerusalem, Palestine, and Syria; Peter in Babylon and the East; John in Ephesus and Asia Minor. Peter addresses the dispersed Jews of Pontus, Galatia, and Cappadocia; James, the Israelites of the twelve tribes scattered abroad.
