He beholdeth himself (κατενοησεν εαυτον). Usually explained as gnomic aorist like those in 1:11, but the ordinary force of the ten…

For he beholdeth himself. While he looks in the mirror he sees his true appearance.

And goeth his way, and straightway forgette…

For he beholds himself . . .—Better, for he beheld himself and went his way, and immediately forgot what he was. Like the…

But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if any is a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man…

The author proceeds to explain why people should do more than merely listen to the truth, using the illustration of a man who “looks at his face in…

For he beholdeth himself, and goes his way
He takes a slight glance of himself, and departs:

If we heard a sermon every day of the week, and an angel from heaven were the preacher, yet, if we relied on hearing only, it would never bring us …