For if anyone is a hearer of the word, and not a doer, this one is like a man looking at his natural face in a mirror.

(James 1:22-24) So this looking was to be no mere passing glance. The Greek word for “look” that is used here basically “denotes the action of the mind in apprehending certain facts about a thing.”​—An Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words, by W. E. Vine; compare Acts 7:31, Kingdom Interlinear.

3. How might a man who looks in a mirror quickly forget “what sort of man he is”?

³ Imagine, then, a man scrutinizing himself in a mirror, perhaps finding the reflection to be somewhat unflattering. He might see a double chin that came from overeating and overdrinking, bags under the eyes from sleeplessness, and wrinkles in his brow from nagging anxieties. Face-to-face with himself, he resolves to make long-overdue changes in habits and life-style.