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And not a doer (kai ou poiētēs). Condition of first class, assumed as true, and ou (rather than mē) contrasts poiētēs with akroatēs.
Unto a man beholding (andri katanoounti). Associative instrumental case after eoiken as in Jam 1:6. Note andri as in Jam 1:8 in contrast with gunaiki (woman), not anthrōpōi (general term for man). Present active participle of katanoeō to put the mind down on (kata, nous), to consider attentively, to take note of, as in Jam 1:24 (katenoēsen).
His natural face (to prosōpon tēs geneseōs autou). “The face of his birth” (origin, lineage, nativity). For this use of genesis see Jam 3:6; Mat 1:1, Mat 1:18; Luk 1:13.
In a mirror (en esoptrōi). Old word (from eis, optō) in N.T. only here and 1Co 13:12. The mirrors of the ancients were not of glass, but of polished metal (of silver or usually of copper and tin). See katoptrizomai in 2Co 3:18.