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New Testament Reading - Hearing and doing

¹⁹Dear brothers, don’t ever forget that it is best to listen much, speak little, and not become angry; ²⁰for anger doesn’t make us good, as God demands that we must be.

²¹So get rid of all that is wrong in your life, both inside and outside, and humbly be glad for the wonderful message we have received, for it is able to save our souls as it takes hold of our hearts.

²²And remember, it is a message to obey, not just to listen to. So don’t fool yourselves. ²³For if a person just listens and doesn’t obey, he is like a man looking at his face in a mirror; ²⁴as soon as he walks away, he can’t see himself anymore or remember what he looks like. ²⁵ But if anyone keeps looking steadily into God’s law for free men, he will not only remember it but he will do what it says, and God will greatly bless him in everything he does.

²⁶Anyone who says he is a Christian but doesn’t control his sharp tongue is just fooling himself, and his religion isn’t worth much. ²⁷The Christian who is pure and without fault, from God the Father’s point of view, is the one who takes care of orphans and widows, and who remains true to the Lord — not soiled and dirtied by his contacts with the world.