Discourse Flow Analysis :: Prototype

Be Doers and Not Just Hearers (1:22-27)

Mainline
22
Γίνεσθε
δὲ
ποιηταὶ
λόγου
καὶ
μὴ
ἀκροαταὶ
μόνον
παραλογιζόμενοι
ἑαυτούς.
22
Be
doers
of
the
word
and
not
hearers
only
Otherwise,
you
are
deceiving
yourselves
Support
Consequences of Only Hearing
Mainline
23
ὅτι
εἴ
τις
ἀκροατὴς
λόγου
ἐστὶν
καὶ
οὐ
ποιητής,
οὗτος
ἔοικεν
ἀνδρὶ
κατανοοῦντι
τὸ
πρόσωπον
τῆς
γενέσεως
αὐτοῦ
ἐν
ἐσόπτρῳ,
23
For
anyone
who
hears
the
word
but
does
not
carry
it
out
is
like
a
man
who
looks
at
his
face
in
a
mirror
Support
Mirror Illustration
Basis
Negative Example
24
κατενόησεν
γὰρ
ἑαυτὸν
καὶ
ἀπελήλυθεν
καὶ
εὐθέως
ἐπελάθετο
ὁποῖος
ἦν.
24
and
after
observing
himself
goes
away
and
immediately
forgets
what
he
looks
like
Discourse Container
Positive Alternative
25
ὁ
δὲ
παρακύψας
εἰς
νόμον
τέλειον
τὸν
τῆς
ἐλευθερίας
καὶ
παραμείνας,
οὐκ
ἀκροατὴς
ἐπιλησμονῆς
γενόμενος
ἀλλὰ
ποιητὴς
ἔργου,
οὗτος
μακάριος
ἐν
τῇ
ποιήσει
αὐτοῦ
ἔσται.
25
But
the
one
who
looks
intently
into
the
perfect
law
of
freedom
and
continues
to
do
so
not
being
a
forgetful
hearer
but
an
effective
doer
he
will
be
blessed
in
what
he
does
Pure Religion Illustration
Basis
Negative Example
26
Εἴ
τις
δοκεῖ
θρησκὸς
εἶναι
μὴ
χαλιναγωγῶν
γλῶσσαν
αὐτοῦ
ἀλλὰ
ἀπατῶν
καρδίαν
αὐτοῦ,
τούτου
μάταιος
ἡ
θρησκεία.
26
If
anyone
considers
himself
religious
and
yet
does
not
bridle
his
tongue
he
deceives
his
heart
and
his
religion
is
worthless
Mainline
Positive Alternative
27
θρησκεία
καθαρὰ
καὶ
ἀμίαντος
παρὰ
τῷ
θεῷ
καὶ
πατρὶ
αὕτη
ἐστίν,
ἐπισκέπτεσθαι
ὀρφανοὺς
καὶ
χήρας
ἐν
τῇ
θλίψει
αὐτῶν,
ἄσπιλον
ἑαυτὸν
τηρεῖν
ἀπὸ
τοῦ
κόσμου.
27
Pure
and
undefiled
religion
before
our
God
and
Father
is
this
to
care
for
orphans
and
widows
in
their
distress
and
to
keep
oneself
from
being
polluted
by
the
world