Thinketh himself to be religious (δοκε θρησκος εινα). Condition of first class (ει-δοκε). Θρησκος (of uncertain etymology, perhaps…

If any man among you seem to be religious. Pious, or devout. That is, if he does not restrain his tongue, his other evidences of religion …

But St. James has until now elaborated only on the first part of his advice in James 1:19, Let every man be swift to hear; now he must enf…

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

Verses 26–27 point out three specific areas where truth should be put into practice. (1) The first is speech. James introduces a hypothetical case.…

Seem to be religious. He now reproves a vice even in those who boasted that they were doers of the law—a vice to which hypocrites are comm…

If any man among you seem to be religious
By his preaching, or praying, and hearing, and other external duties of re…

When people take more effort to seem religious than to actually be so, it is a sign their religion is in vain. Not bridling the tongue, a readiness…