Be Ye Doers of the word

James 1:21-25, 27
21 Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
23 For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
24 For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
25 But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
27 Pure and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

Verse 22 really stands out to me. I like how it says you deceive yourself when you are a hearer of the word and not a doer. God knows our hearts and knows when we are trying to live a lie or not. When we live as hypocrites we are really only deceiving ourselves. The footnote on the word "doers" refers to "Commitment;" "Duty;" and "Good Works." I honestly believe we have the "duty" to "commit" our lives to "good works." I also really like verse 27 because it discusses the importance of good works but does not end there. It also reminds us we have to keep ourselves unspotted from the world. Even if we fill our lives with service, if we are not keeping the other commandments, we cannot progress. The same can be said if we keep all the commandments but fail to reach outside ourselves and help others. Service and keeping our lives clean go hand in hand when trying to be doers of the word.