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JAMES 1:22
Victor M. Eskew
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
1. Doers
A. Strong (4163): a performer; specifically a “poet” :- doer, poet
B. Thayer: a maker, a producer, author, a doer, performer, one who obeys or fulfills the law, poet
C. Vine: doer
2. Word
A. Strong (3056): something said
B. Thayer: of speech, a word, uttered by a living voice, embodies a conception or idea, what someone has said…the sayings of God…of the moral precepts given by God…doctrine, teaching
C. Vine: the expression of thought, a saying or statement by God…the revealed will of God…is used of a divine revelation given by Christ…it is the message from the Lord, delivered with His authority and made effective by His power
3. Hearers
A. Strong (202): a hearer (merely)
B. Thayer: a hearer
C. Vine: to listen
4. Deceiving
A. Strong (3884): to misreckon, that is, delude
B. Thayer: to reckon wrong, to deceive by false reasoning, to deceive, delude
C. Vine: to reckon wrong, to reason falsely, to deceive by false reasoning