^{22 Ref} But be doers of the word, and not only hearers of it, blinding yourselves with false ideas.

^{23 Ref} Because if any man is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at his natural face in a glass;

^{24 Ref} For after looking at himself he goes away, and in a short time he has no memory of what he was like.

^{25 Ref} But he who goes on looking into the true law which makes him free, being not a hearer without memory but a doer putting it into effect, this man will have a blessing on his acts.