Verse 22.— But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only. One who is a hearer of the Word only, and not a doer, deceives himself, for he reasons that hearing only is suf­ficient. Our blessed Master, in the conclusion of his Sermon on the Mount, settled this matter for all time. "Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man which built his house upon a rock" (Matthew 7:24). The hearer only was likened unto a foolish man who built upon the sand. The work of the former stood amidst the storms; the latter lost his work, the same being overthrown.