James 1:24
For he beheld himself, and went his way, and presently forgot what manner of man he was.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- consideravit enim se, et abiit, et statim oblitus est qualis fuerit.
- Greek New Testament (SBLGNT)
- κατενόησεν γὰρ ἑαυτὸν καὶ ἀπελήλυθεν καὶ εὐθέως ἐπελάθετο ὁποῖος ἦν.
The Fathers on this verse
St Augustine Expositions on the Book of Psalms, Aleph
6. “So shall I not be confounded, while I have respect unto all Thy commandments” ( ver. 6 ). We ought to look upon the commandments of God, whether when they are read, or when they are recalled to memory, as a looking-glass, as the Apostle James saith. This man wisheth himself to be such, that he may regard as in a mirror the commandments of God, and may not be confounded; because he chooses not merely to be a hearer of them, but a doer. On this account he desireth that his ways may be made direct to keep the statutes of God. How to be made direct, save by the grace of God? Otherwise he will find in the law of God not a source of rejoicing, but of confusion, if he hath chosen to look into commandments, which he doth not.