James 1:4

Translations

Modern

Allow perseverance to finish its work, so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.

Traditional

But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.

Literal

And let endurance have its perfect work, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

Latin

Patientia autem opus perfectum habet: ut sitis perfecti et integri in nullo deficientes.

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Greek

English

Allow perseverance to finish its work, so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.

Notes

James 1:2–4

Enduring challenges and temptations is a common theme (1:12–15; 5:7–12). Not enduring these challenges is like a person who "wander[s] from the truth" and requires someone to "save his soul from death" (5:19–20).

Theme notes and profiles

James, Brother of Jesus Endurance Material Reward The Coming of the Lord as Judge

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By your patient endurance you will gain your souls.
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Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
2 Timothy 3:17
…so that the man of God may be complete, fully equipped for every good work.
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Let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
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…equip you with every good thing to do His will. And may He accomplish in us what is pleasing in His sight through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
James 5:7–11
Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer awaits the precious fruit of the soil—how patient he is for the fall and spring rains.
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Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for Him; do not fret when men prosper in their ways, when they carry out wicked schemes.
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Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.

James 1:4

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