James 1:22 (BSB)

Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.

From James 1. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on James 1:22

• John Calvin (Reformed), Calvin's Commentaries on James 1:22: 22 Be ye doers of the word. The doer here is not the same as in Romans 2:13, who satisfied the law of God and fulfilled it in every part, but the doer is he who from the heart embraces God’s word and testifies by his life that he really believes, according to the saying of Christ, “Blessed are they who hear God’s word and...
• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on James 1:19-27: In this part of the chapter we are required, I. To restrain the workings of passion. This lesson we should learn under afflictions; and this we shall learn if we are indeed begotten again by the word of truth. For thus the connection stands - An angry and hasty spirit is soon provoked to ill things by afflictions, and errors and ill opinions become prevalent...
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on James 1:22: But be ye doers of the word,.... And they are such, who spiritually understand it; gladly receive it; and from the heart obey it, and make a sincere and ingenuous profession of it; and who submit to the ordinances it directs to, and keep them as they have been delivered; and live, and walk, becoming their profession of it.
• Albert Barnes (Presbyterian), Barnes' New Testament Notes on James 1:22: Verse 22. But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only. Obey the gospel, and do not merely listen to it. Compare . Deceiving your own selves. It is implied here, that by merely hearing the word but not doing it, they would deceive their own souls.