Jam 1:22 | JFB | STEP | 22. Qualification of the precept, "Be swift to hear": "Be ye doers ... not hearers only"; not merely "Do the word," but "Be doers" systematically and continually, as if this was your regular business. James here again refers to the Sermon on the Mount ( ). deceiving your own selves-- by the logical fallacy (the Greek implies this) that the mere hearing is all that is needed.

‏ James 1:22

22. Qualification of the precept, "Be swift to hear": "Be ye doers ... not hearers only"; not merely "Do the word," but "Be doers" systematically and continually, as if this was your regular business. James here again refers to the Sermon on the Mount (Mt 7:21-29).

deceiving your own selves--by the logical fallacy (the Greek implies this) that the mere hearing is all that is needed.