2007-03-12 23:47:28 · 9 answers · asked by EVA J 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
How about James 1:22-25:
22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
23 For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
24 For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
25 But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
As a man may behold his natural face in a mirror, so the hearer may perceive his moral visage in God's Word.
2007-03-14 02:48:34 · answer #1 · answered by Preacher 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As far as I know the only reference to a looking glass or 'a glass darkly' is in 1 Corinthians 13, and this does not refer to God's word but to our ability to look upon the face of God. We shall only see God clearly, face to face, when we get to heaven. In our mortal state we are prohibited to look directly upon the face of God because of our sin nature.
2007-03-12 23:56:00 · answer #2 · answered by Preacher 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
James 1:22-23 Says to be doers of the word & not hearers only, "deceiving your own selves"--that if we only hear the Word & don't do what it says we are like a man who looks @ himself in a 'glass' & goes away & forgets what he saw.
I've always heard 'looking-glass' referring to a mirror, not eyeglasses as in an answer above.
2007-03-13 04:11:20 · answer #3 · answered by wanda3s48 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
New Testament
1st Corinthians 13:12
"For now we see thru a glass; darkly, but then face to face; now I know in part; but then shall I know as even I am also known."
You will have to read the chapter, for yourself--to better understand THE MEANING.
GOD BLESS YOU!
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2007-03-12 23:57:47 · answer #4 · answered by º§€V€Nº 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1 Cor. 13:12, 2 Cor. 3:18.
But neither of these refer to "God's Word." The Bible does not call itself the "Word of God" - that title is reserved for Christ alone. These passages refer to knowledge in general.
2007-03-12 23:53:10 · answer #5 · answered by NONAME 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I Corinthians 13
2007-03-12 23:53:00 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
though the looking-glass (spectacles) have not yet been invented during bible times, in the new testament book of Romans, St. Paul wrote
"Do not conform to the standards of the world, but let God transform you inwardly thru the renewing of your mind"
this verse speaks much of "changing the way we look at things" -- having a new perspective. new spectacles.
the need to see the world as God does. having God's perspective.
2007-03-12 23:54:45 · answer #7 · answered by j_timberLate 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
1Corinthians 13:12
" For now we see through a glass,darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known".
2007-03-12 23:53:57 · answer #8 · answered by Prof Fruitcake 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
what?
2007-03-12 23:55:48 · answer #9 · answered by I am an Indian 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋