James 1:22 But prove yourselves doers of the word [actively and continually obeying God’s precepts], and not merely listeners [who hear the word but fail to internalize...

1:22 AMP

Parallel Verses

Amplified Bible - But prove yourselves doers of the word [actively and continually obeying God’s precepts], and not merely listeners [who hear the word but fail to internalize its meaning], deluding yourselves [by unsound reasoning contrary to the truth].
新标点和合本 - 只是你们要行道，不要单单听道，自己欺哄自己。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 但是，你们要作行道的人，不要只作听道的人，自己欺骗自己。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 但是，你们要作行道的人，不要只作听道的人，自己欺骗自己。
当代译本 - 你们要行道，不要只是听道，自己欺骗自己。
圣经新译本 - 你们应该作行道的人，不要单作听道的人，自己欺骗自己；
中文标准译本 - 你们要成为这话语的实行者，不要只成为听者而欺骗自己。
现代标点和合本 - 只是你们要行道，不要单单听道，自己欺哄自己。
和合本（拼音版） - 只是你们要行道，不要单单听道，自己欺哄自己。
New International Version - Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.
New International Reader's Version - Don’t just listen to the word. You fool yourselves if you do that. You must do what it says.
English Standard Version - But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
New Living Translation - But don’t just listen to God’s word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves.
The Message - Don’t fool yourself into thinking that you are a listener when you are anything but, letting the Word go in one ear and out the other. Act on what you hear! Those who hear and don’t act are like those who glance in the mirror, walk away, and two minutes later have no idea who they are, what they look like.
Christian Standard Bible - But be doers of the word and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
New American Standard Bible - But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not just hearers who deceive themselves.
New King James Version - But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
American Standard Version - But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deluding your own selves.
King James Version - But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
New English Translation - But be sure you live out the message and do not merely listen to it and so deceive yourselves.
World English Bible - But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.
新標點和合本 - 只是你們要行道，不要單單聽道，自己欺哄自己。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 但是，你們要作行道的人，不要只作聽道的人，自己欺騙自己。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 但是，你們要作行道的人，不要只作聽道的人，自己欺騙自己。
當代譯本 - 你們要行道，不要只是聽道，自己欺騙自己。
聖經新譯本 - 你們應該作行道的人，不要單作聽道的人，自己欺騙自己；
呂振中譯本 - 你們要行道，不要單單聽、來迷惑自己。
中文標準譯本 - 你們要成為這話語的實行者，不要只成為聽者而欺騙自己。
現代標點和合本 - 只是你們要行道，不要單單聽道，自己欺哄自己。
文理和合譯本 - 惟宜行道、不第聞之而自欺也、
文理委辦譯本 - 不第聞道已也、實踐之、毋自欺、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 爾當行道、不第聞道、毋自欺、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 然道貴實踐、聞而不行、自欺而已。
Nueva Versión Internacional - No se contenten solo con escuchar la palabra, pues así se engañan ustedes mismos. Llévenla a la práctica.
현대인의 성경 - 여러분은 말씀을 듣기만 하여 자신을 속이지 말고 말씀을 실천하는 사람이 되십시오.
Новый Русский Перевод - При этом будьте не только слушателями слова, но и исполнителями его, иначе вы просто обманываете себя.
Восточный перевод - При этом будьте не только слушателями слова, но и исполнителями его, иначе вы просто обманываете себя.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - При этом будьте не только слушателями слова, но и исполнителями его, иначе вы просто обманываете себя.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - При этом будьте не только слушателями слова, но и исполнителями его, иначе вы просто обманываете себя.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Seulement, ne vous contentez pas de l’écouter, traduisez-la en actes, sans quoi vous vous tromperiez vous-mêmes.
リビングバイブル - また聞くだけでなく、それを実行することも忘れてはなりません。みことばを聞くだけは聞いて、自分を偽った行動をとることがありませんように。
Nestle Aland 28 - Γίνεσθε δὲ ποιηταὶ λόγου καὶ μὴ μόνον ἀκροαταὶ παραλογιζόμενοι ἑαυτούς.
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - γίνεσθε δὲ ποιηταὶ λόγου, καὶ μὴ μόνον ἀκροαταὶ παραλογιζόμενοι ἑαυτούς.
Nova Versão Internacional - Sejam praticantes da palavra, e não apenas ouvintes, enganando vocês mesmos.
Hoffnung für alle - Allerdings genügt es nicht, seine Botschaft nur anzuhören; ihr müsst auch danach handeln. Alles andere ist Selbstbetrug!
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Đạo Chúa không phải chỉ để nghe suông nhưng để thực hành. Đừng tự dối mình, cho rằng chỉ nghe là đủ.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - อย่าเพียงแต่ฟังพระวจนะซึ่งเป็นการหลอกตัวเอง แต่จงปฏิบัติตามพระวจนะนั้น
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - อย่าเป็นเพียงผู้ฟังคำกล่าวเท่านั้น เพราะเป็นการหลอกลวงตนเอง แต่จงทำตามคำที่กล่าวไว้

Cross Reference

2 Timothy 3:13 - But evil men and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
1 Corinthians 3:18 - Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you thinks that he is wise in this age, let him become a fool [discarding his worldly pretensions and acknowledging his lack of wisdom], so that he may become [truly] wise.
Isaiah 44:20 - That kind of man (the idolater) feeds on ashes [and is satisfied with ashes]! A deceived mind has led him astray, so that he cannot save himself, or ask, “Is this thing [that I am holding] in my right hand not a lie?”
Obadiah 1:3 - The pride and arrogance of your heart have deceived you, You who live in the clefts and lofty security of the rock (Sela), Whose dwelling place is high, Who say [boastfully] in your heart, ‘Who will bring me down to earth?’
1 John 1:8 - If we say we have no sin [refusing to admit that we are sinners], we delude ourselves and the truth is not in us. [His word does not live in our hearts.]
1 Corinthians 15:33 - Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good morals.”
Galatians 6:3 - For if anyone thinks he is something [special] when [in fact] he is nothing [special except in his own eyes], he deceives himself.
Titus 3:3 - For we too once were foolish, disobedient, deceived, enslaved to various sinful desires and pleasures, spending and wasting our life in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another.
2 Peter 2:13 - suffering wrong [destined for punishment] as the wages of doing wrong. They count it a delight to revel in the daytime [living luxuriously]. They are stains and blemishes [on mankind], reveling in their deceptions even as they feast with you.
Philippians 4:8 - Finally, believers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable and worthy of respect, whatever is right and confirmed by God’s word, whatever is pure and wholesome, whatever is lovely and brings peace, whatever is admirable and of good repute; if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think continually on these things [center your mind on them, and implant them in your heart].
Revelation 12:9 - And the great dragon was thrown down, the age-old serpent who is called the devil and Satan, he who continually deceives and seduces the entire inhabited world; he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
Matthew 28:20 - teaching them to observe everything that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always [remaining with you perpetually—regardless of circumstance, and on every occasion], even to the end of the age.”
1 Corinthians 6:9 - Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit or have any share in the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor (perversely) effeminate, nor homosexuals,
Luke 12:47 - And that servant who knew his master’s will, and yet did not get ready or act in accord with his will, will be beaten with many lashes [of the whip],
Luke 12:48 - but the one who did not know it and did things worthy of a beating, will receive only a few [lashes]. From everyone to whom much has been given, much will be required; and to whom they entrusted much, of him they will ask all the more.
3 John 1:11 - Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but [imitate] what is good. The one who practices good [exhibiting godly character, moral courage and personal integrity] is of God; the one who practices [or permits or tolerates] evil has not seen God [he has no personal experience with Him and does not know Him at all].
James 1:26 - If anyone thinks himself to be religious [scrupulously observant of the rituals of his faith], and does not control his tongue but deludes his own heart, this person’s religion is worthless (futile, barren).
Galatians 6:7 - Do not be deceived, God is not mocked [He will not allow Himself to be ridiculed, nor treated with contempt nor allow His precepts to be scornfully set aside]; for whatever a man sows, this and this only is what he will reap.
Matthew 7:21 - “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven.
Matthew 7:22 - Many will say to Me on that day [when I judge them], ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, and driven out demons in Your name, and done many miracles in Your name?’
Matthew 7:23 - And then I will declare to them publicly, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me [you are banished from My presence], you who act wickedly [disregarding My commands].’
Matthew 7:24 - “So everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them, will be like a wise man [a far-sighted, practical, and sensible man] who built his house on the rock.
Matthew 7:25 - And the rain fell, and the floods and torrents came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock.
Matthew 7:26 - And everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not do them, will be like a foolish (stupid) man who built his house on the sand.
Matthew 7:27 - And the rain fell, and the floods and torrents came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and it fell—and great and complete was its fall.”
Colossians 3:17 - Whatever you do [no matter what it is] in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus [and in dependence on Him], giving thanks to God the Father through Him.
Revelation 22:7 - “And behold, I am coming quickly. Blessed (happy, prosperous, to be admired) is the one who heeds and takes to heart and remembers the words of the prophecy [that is, the predictions, consolations, and warnings] contained in this book (scroll).”
James 2:14 - What is the benefit, my fellow believers, if someone claims to have faith but has no [good] works [as evidence]? Can that [kind of] faith save him? [No, a mere claim of faith is not sufficient—genuine faith produces good works.]
James 2:15 - If a brother or sister is without [adequate] clothing and lacks [enough] food for each day,
James 2:16 - and one of you says to them, “Go in peace [with my blessing], [keep] warm and feed yourselves,” but he does not give them the necessities for the body, what good does that do?
James 2:17 - So too, faith, if it does not have works [to back it up], is by itself dead [inoperative and ineffective].
James 2:18 - But someone may say, “You [claim to] have faith and I have [good] works; show me your [alleged] faith without the works [if you can], and I will show you my faith by my works [that is, by what I do].”
James 2:19 - You believe that God is one; you do well [to believe that]. The demons also believe [that], and shudder and bristle [in awe-filled terror—they have seen His wrath]!
James 2:20 - But are you willing to recognize, you foolish [spiritually shallow] person, that faith without [good] works is useless?
Matthew 12:50 - For whoever does the will of My Father who is in heaven [by believing in Me, and following Me] is My brother and sister and mother.”
Luke 11:28 - But He said, “On the contrary, blessed (happy, favored by God) are those who hear the word of God and continually observe it.”
James 4:17 - So any person who knows what is right to do but does not do it, to him it is sin.
Luke 6:46 - “Why do you call Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not practice what I tell you?
Luke 6:47 - Everyone who comes to Me and listens to My words and obeys them, I will show you whom he is like:
Luke 6:48 - he is like a [far-sighted, practical, and sensible] man building a house, who dug deep and laid a foundation on the rock; and when a flood occurred, the torrent burst against that house and yet could not shake it, because it had been securely built and founded on the rock.
John 13:17 - If you know these things, you are blessed [happy and favored by God] if you put them into practice [and faithfully do them].
Romans 2:13 - For it is not those who merely hear the Law [as it is read aloud] who are just or righteous before God, but it is those who [actually] obey the Law who will be justified [pronounced free of the guilt of sin and declared acceptable to Him].

Parallel Verses

Cross Reference

Amplified Bible - But prove yourselves doers of the word [actively and continually obeying God’s precepts], and not merely listeners [who hear the word but fail to internalize its meaning], deluding yourselves [by unsound reasoning contrary to the truth].
新标点和合本 - 只是你们要行道，不要单单听道，自己欺哄自己。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 但是，你们要作行道的人，不要只作听道的人，自己欺骗自己。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 但是，你们要作行道的人，不要只作听道的人，自己欺骗自己。
当代译本 - 你们要行道，不要只是听道，自己欺骗自己。
圣经新译本 - 你们应该作行道的人，不要单作听道的人，自己欺骗自己；
中文标准译本 - 你们要成为这话语的实行者，不要只成为听者而欺骗自己。
现代标点和合本 - 只是你们要行道，不要单单听道，自己欺哄自己。
和合本（拼音版） - 只是你们要行道，不要单单听道，自己欺哄自己。
New International Version - Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.
New International Reader's Version - Don’t just listen to the word. You fool yourselves if you do that. You must do what it says.
English Standard Version - But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
New Living Translation - But don’t just listen to God’s word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves.
The Message - Don’t fool yourself into thinking that you are a listener when you are anything but, letting the Word go in one ear and out the other. Act on what you hear! Those who hear and don’t act are like those who glance in the mirror, walk away, and two minutes later have no idea who they are, what they look like.
Christian Standard Bible - But be doers of the word and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
New American Standard Bible - But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not just hearers who deceive themselves.
New King James Version - But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
American Standard Version - But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deluding your own selves.
King James Version - But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
New English Translation - But be sure you live out the message and do not merely listen to it and so deceive yourselves.
World English Bible - But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.
新標點和合本 - 只是你們要行道，不要單單聽道，自己欺哄自己。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 但是，你們要作行道的人，不要只作聽道的人，自己欺騙自己。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 但是，你們要作行道的人，不要只作聽道的人，自己欺騙自己。
當代譯本 - 你們要行道，不要只是聽道，自己欺騙自己。
聖經新譯本 - 你們應該作行道的人，不要單作聽道的人，自己欺騙自己；
呂振中譯本 - 你們要行道，不要單單聽、來迷惑自己。
中文標準譯本 - 你們要成為這話語的實行者，不要只成為聽者而欺騙自己。
現代標點和合本 - 只是你們要行道，不要單單聽道，自己欺哄自己。
文理和合譯本 - 惟宜行道、不第聞之而自欺也、
文理委辦譯本 - 不第聞道已也、實踐之、毋自欺、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 爾當行道、不第聞道、毋自欺、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 然道貴實踐、聞而不行、自欺而已。
Nueva Versión Internacional - No se contenten solo con escuchar la palabra, pues así se engañan ustedes mismos. Llévenla a la práctica.
현대인의 성경 - 여러분은 말씀을 듣기만 하여 자신을 속이지 말고 말씀을 실천하는 사람이 되십시오.
Новый Русский Перевод - При этом будьте не только слушателями слова, но и исполнителями его, иначе вы просто обманываете себя.
Восточный перевод - При этом будьте не только слушателями слова, но и исполнителями его, иначе вы просто обманываете себя.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - При этом будьте не только слушателями слова, но и исполнителями его, иначе вы просто обманываете себя.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - При этом будьте не только слушателями слова, но и исполнителями его, иначе вы просто обманываете себя.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Seulement, ne vous contentez pas de l’écouter, traduisez-la en actes, sans quoi vous vous tromperiez vous-mêmes.
リビングバイブル - また聞くだけでなく、それを実行することも忘れてはなりません。みことばを聞くだけは聞いて、自分を偽った行動をとることがありませんように。
Nestle Aland 28 - Γίνεσθε δὲ ποιηταὶ λόγου καὶ μὴ μόνον ἀκροαταὶ παραλογιζόμενοι ἑαυτούς.
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - γίνεσθε δὲ ποιηταὶ λόγου, καὶ μὴ μόνον ἀκροαταὶ παραλογιζόμενοι ἑαυτούς.
Nova Versão Internacional - Sejam praticantes da palavra, e não apenas ouvintes, enganando vocês mesmos.
Hoffnung für alle - Allerdings genügt es nicht, seine Botschaft nur anzuhören; ihr müsst auch danach handeln. Alles andere ist Selbstbetrug!
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Đạo Chúa không phải chỉ để nghe suông nhưng để thực hành. Đừng tự dối mình, cho rằng chỉ nghe là đủ.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - อย่าเพียงแต่ฟังพระวจนะซึ่งเป็นการหลอกตัวเอง แต่จงปฏิบัติตามพระวจนะนั้น
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - อย่าเป็นเพียงผู้ฟังคำกล่าวเท่านั้น เพราะเป็นการหลอกลวงตนเอง แต่จงทำตามคำที่กล่าวไว้

2 Timothy 3:13 - But evil men and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
1 Corinthians 3:18 - Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you thinks that he is wise in this age, let him become a fool [discarding his worldly pretensions and acknowledging his lack of wisdom], so that he may become [truly] wise.
Isaiah 44:20 - That kind of man (the idolater) feeds on ashes [and is satisfied with ashes]! A deceived mind has led him astray, so that he cannot save himself, or ask, “Is this thing [that I am holding] in my right hand not a lie?”
Obadiah 1:3 - The pride and arrogance of your heart have deceived you, You who live in the clefts and lofty security of the rock (Sela), Whose dwelling place is high, Who say [boastfully] in your heart, ‘Who will bring me down to earth?’
1 John 1:8 - If we say we have no sin [refusing to admit that we are sinners], we delude ourselves and the truth is not in us. [His word does not live in our hearts.]
1 Corinthians 15:33 - Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good morals.”
Galatians 6:3 - For if anyone thinks he is something [special] when [in fact] he is nothing [special except in his own eyes], he deceives himself.
Titus 3:3 - For we too once were foolish, disobedient, deceived, enslaved to various sinful desires and pleasures, spending and wasting our life in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another.
2 Peter 2:13 - suffering wrong [destined for punishment] as the wages of doing wrong. They count it a delight to revel in the daytime [living luxuriously]. They are stains and blemishes [on mankind], reveling in their deceptions even as they feast with you.
Philippians 4:8 - Finally, believers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable and worthy of respect, whatever is right and confirmed by God’s word, whatever is pure and wholesome, whatever is lovely and brings peace, whatever is admirable and of good repute; if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think continually on these things [center your mind on them, and implant them in your heart].
Revelation 12:9 - And the great dragon was thrown down, the age-old serpent who is called the devil and Satan, he who continually deceives and seduces the entire inhabited world; he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
Matthew 28:20 - teaching them to observe everything that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always [remaining with you perpetually—regardless of circumstance, and on every occasion], even to the end of the age.”
1 Corinthians 6:9 - Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit or have any share in the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor (perversely) effeminate, nor homosexuals,
Luke 12:47 - And that servant who knew his master’s will, and yet did not get ready or act in accord with his will, will be beaten with many lashes [of the whip],
Luke 12:48 - but the one who did not know it and did things worthy of a beating, will receive only a few [lashes]. From everyone to whom much has been given, much will be required; and to whom they entrusted much, of him they will ask all the more.
3 John 1:11 - Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but [imitate] what is good. The one who practices good [exhibiting godly character, moral courage and personal integrity] is of God; the one who practices [or permits or tolerates] evil has not seen God [he has no personal experience with Him and does not know Him at all].
James 1:26 - If anyone thinks himself to be religious [scrupulously observant of the rituals of his faith], and does not control his tongue but deludes his own heart, this person’s religion is worthless (futile, barren).
Galatians 6:7 - Do not be deceived, God is not mocked [He will not allow Himself to be ridiculed, nor treated with contempt nor allow His precepts to be scornfully set aside]; for whatever a man sows, this and this only is what he will reap.
Matthew 7:21 - “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven.
Matthew 7:22 - Many will say to Me on that day [when I judge them], ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, and driven out demons in Your name, and done many miracles in Your name?’
Matthew 7:23 - And then I will declare to them publicly, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me [you are banished from My presence], you who act wickedly [disregarding My commands].’
Matthew 7:24 - “So everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them, will be like a wise man [a far-sighted, practical, and sensible man] who built his house on the rock.
Matthew 7:25 - And the rain fell, and the floods and torrents came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock.
Matthew 7:26 - And everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not do them, will be like a foolish (stupid) man who built his house on the sand.
Matthew 7:27 - And the rain fell, and the floods and torrents came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and it fell—and great and complete was its fall.”
Colossians 3:17 - Whatever you do [no matter what it is] in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus [and in dependence on Him], giving thanks to God the Father through Him.
Revelation 22:7 - “And behold, I am coming quickly. Blessed (happy, prosperous, to be admired) is the one who heeds and takes to heart and remembers the words of the prophecy [that is, the predictions, consolations, and warnings] contained in this book (scroll).”
James 2:14 - What is the benefit, my fellow believers, if someone claims to have faith but has no [good] works [as evidence]? Can that [kind of] faith save him? [No, a mere claim of faith is not sufficient—genuine faith produces good works.]
James 2:15 - If a brother or sister is without [adequate] clothing and lacks [enough] food for each day,
James 2:16 - and one of you says to them, “Go in peace [with my blessing], [keep] warm and feed yourselves,” but he does not give them the necessities for the body, what good does that do?
James 2:17 - So too, faith, if it does not have works [to back it up], is by itself dead [inoperative and ineffective].
James 2:18 - But someone may say, “You [claim to] have faith and I have [good] works; show me your [alleged] faith without the works [if you can], and I will show you my faith by my works [that is, by what I do].”
James 2:19 - You believe that God is one; you do well [to believe that]. The demons also believe [that], and shudder and bristle [in awe-filled terror—they have seen His wrath]!
James 2:20 - But are you willing to recognize, you foolish [spiritually shallow] person, that faith without [good] works is useless?
Matthew 12:50 - For whoever does the will of My Father who is in heaven [by believing in Me, and following Me] is My brother and sister and mother.”
Luke 11:28 - But He said, “On the contrary, blessed (happy, favored by God) are those who hear the word of God and continually observe it.”
James 4:17 - So any person who knows what is right to do but does not do it, to him it is sin.
Luke 6:46 - “Why do you call Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not practice what I tell you?
Luke 6:47 - Everyone who comes to Me and listens to My words and obeys them, I will show you whom he is like:
Luke 6:48 - he is like a [far-sighted, practical, and sensible] man building a house, who dug deep and laid a foundation on the rock; and when a flood occurred, the torrent burst against that house and yet could not shake it, because it had been securely built and founded on the rock.
John 13:17 - If you know these things, you are blessed [happy and favored by God] if you put them into practice [and faithfully do them].
Romans 2:13 - For it is not those who merely hear the Law [as it is read aloud] who are just or righteous before God, but it is those who [actually] obey the Law who will be justified [pronounced free of the guilt of sin and declared acceptable to Him].