21 Διὸ ἀποθέμενοι πᾶσαν ῥυπαρίαν καὶ περισσείαν κακίας, ἐν πραΰτητιπραυτητι f35 ℵA,B,C [92%] RP,HF,OC,TR,NU ¦ πραοτητι [8%] CP δέξασθε τὸν ἔμφυτον λόγον τὸν δυνάμενον σῶσαι τὰς ψυχὰς ὑμῶν.υμων rell ¦ ημων [25%] 22 Γίνεσθε δὲ ποιηταὶ λόγουλογου f35 ℵA,B,C [89%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP,NU ¦ νομου [6%] ¦ λογων [4%] ¦ two other variants [1%] καὶ μὴ μόνον ἀκροαταί,μονον ακροαται f35 ℵA,C (94%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP,NU ¦ ∼ 21 B (4.4%) ECM ¦ 2 (1.2%) ¦ two other variants παραλογιζόμενοι ἑαυτούς. 23 Ὅτι εἴ τις ἀκροατὴς νόμουνομου f35 [30%] ¦ λογου ℵA,B,C [69%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP,NU ¦ λογων [1%] (Comparing verse 23 with verse 25, James is now talking about ‘law’, but copyists, having already written ‘word’ twice, could make the change, of ‘law’ to ‘word’, almost without thinking. If the original were ‘word’ there would be no pressure to change it to ‘law’.) ἐστὶν καὶ οὐ ποιητής, οὗτος ἔοικεν ἀνδρὶ κατανοοῦντι τὸ πρόσωπον τῆς γενέσεως αὐτοῦ ἐν ἐσόπτρῳ· 24 κατενόησεν γὰρ ἑαυτὸν καὶ ἀπελήλυθεν καὶ εὐθέως ἐπελάθετο ὁποῖος ἦν. 25 Ὁ δὲ παρακύψας εἰς νόμον τέλειον τὸν τῆς ἐλευθερίας καὶ παραμείνας, οὗτοςουτος f35 (87.6%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ ουτως (6.8%) ¦ --- ℵA,B,C,0173 (5.2%) NU ¦ και (0.4%) (The Alexandrians didn’t like the repetition of the emphatic pronoun.)—οὐκ ἀκροατὴς ἐπιλησμονῆς γενόμενος ἀλλὰ ποιητὴς ἔργου—οὗτος μακάριος ἐν τῇ ποιήσει αὐτοῦ ἔσται.