Jam 1:23 | RWP | e4.org | And not a doer ( κα ου ποιητης ). Condition of first class, assumed as true, and ου (rather than μη ) contrasts ποιητης with ακροατης . Unto a man beholding ( ανδρ κατανοουντ ). Associative instrumental case after εοικεν as in . Note ανδρ as in in contrast with γυναικ (woman), not ανθρωπω (general term for man). Present active participle of κατανοεω to put the mind down on ( κατα, νους ), to consider attentively, to take note of, as in verse ( κατενοησεν ). His natural face ( το προσωπον της γενεσεως αυτου ). "The face of his birth" (origin, lineage, nativity). For this use of γενεσις see ; , ; . In a mirror ( εν εσοπτρω ). Old word (from εισ, οπτω ) in N.T. only here and . The mirrors of the ancients were not of glass, but of polished metal (of silver or usually of copper and tin). See κατοπτριζομα in .

‏ James 1:23

And not a doer ( κα ου ποιητης ). Condition of first class, assumed as true, and ου (rather than μη ) contrasts ποιητης with ακροατης.

Unto a man beholding ( ανδρ κατανοουντ ). Associative instrumental case after εοικεν as in 1:6. Note ανδρ as in 1:8 in contrast with γυναικ (woman), not ανθρωπω (general term for man). Present active participle of κατανοεω to put the mind down on ( κατα, νους ), to consider attentively, to take note of, as in verse 24 ( κατενοησεν ).

His natural face ( το προσωπον της γενεσεως αυτου ). "The face of his birth" (origin, lineage, nativity). For this use of γενεσις see 3:6; Mt 1:1, 18; Lu 1:13.

In a mirror ( εν εσοπτρω ). Old word (from εισ, οπτω ) in N.T. only here and 1Co 13:12. The mirrors of the ancients were not of glass, but of polished metal (of silver or usually of copper and tin). See κατοπτριζομα in 2Co 3:18.