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- Obey the word - Obey the word of God" or "Obey God's message to you."
- deceiving your own selves - "deceiving yourselves" or "fooling yourselves"
- **For if anyone hears the word and does not do it, he is like a man examining his natural face in a mirror. ** - James makes a comparison between a person who hears God word and does not obey it to a person who looks in the mirror then forgets what he looks like. (See: en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_simile)
- examining his natural face...and soon forgets - the man looking at his face and soon forgetting what he saw is the like the man who hears the Word of God and forgets what he heard.
- the perfect law, the law of liberty - "the perfect law that gives freedom"
- not just being a hearer who forgets - "not just listening and then forgetting it"
- this man will be blessed as he does it - This can be translated with an active clause "God will bless this man as he obeys the law." (See: en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_activepassive)