James 1:25 (DBY)

Passage

But *he* that fixes his view on [the] perfect law, that of liberty, and abides in [it], being not a forgetful hearer but a doer of [the] work, *he* shall be blessed in his doing.

Nearby Context

James 1:23 For if any man be a hearer of [the] word and not a doer, *he* is like to a man considering his natural face in a mirror:

James 1:24 for he has considered himself and is gone away, and straightway he has forgotten what he was like.

James 1:25 But *he* that fixes his view on [the] perfect law, that of liberty, and abides in [it], being not a forgetful hearer but a doer of [the] work, *he* shall be blessed in his doing.

James 1:26 If any one think himself to be religious, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart, this man's religion is vain.

James 1:27 Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, to keep oneself unspotted from the world.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "fixes", "view", "perfect", "liberty", "abides", "forgetful", "hearer", and "doer". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "fixes" and "view", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 24's "for he has considered himself and is..." into verse 26's "If any one think himself to be...", so "fixes" and "view" belong inside that flow. In James context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "fixes" and "view" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.