James 1:4

In 9 translations

BSB

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

KJV

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

WEB

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

ASV

And let patience have its perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, lacking in nothing.

LSV

and let the endurance have a perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

YLT

and let the endurance have a perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire — in nothing lacking;

DBY

But let endurance have [its] perfect work, that ye may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

DRC

And patience hath a perfect work; that you may be perfect and entire, failing in nothing.

GNV

And let patience haue her perfect worke, that ye may be perfect and entier, lacking nothing.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT

ἡ δὲ ὑπομονὴ ἔργον τέλειον ἐχέτω, ἵνα ἦτε τέλειοι καὶ ὁλόκληροι, ἐν μηδενὶ λειπόμενοι.

RP2018

ἡ δὲ ὑπομονὴ ἔργον τέλειον ἐχέτω, ἵνα ἦτε τέλειοι καὶ ὁλόκληροι, ἐν μηδενὶ λειπόμενοι.

TR-Boyd

ἡ δὲ ὑπομονὴ ἔργον τέλειον ἐχέτω, ἵνα ἦτε τέλειοι καὶ ὁλόκληροι, ἐν μηδενὶ λειπόμενοι.

SCR1894

η δε υπομονη εργον τελειον εχετω ινα ητε τελειοι και ολοκληροι εν μηδενι λειπομενοι

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• 1 Peter 5:10And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself restore you, secure you, strengthen you, and establish you.
• Luke 21:19By your patient endurance you will gain your souls.
• Matthew 5:48Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
• 2 Timothy 3:17so that the man of God may be complete, fully equipped for every good work.
• Galatians 6:9Let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
• Hebrews 13:21equip 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 5:7–11Be 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. You, too, be patient and strengthen your hearts, because…
• Habakkuk 2:3For the vision awaits an appointed time; it testifies of the end and does not lie. Though it lingers, wait for it, since it will surely come and will not delay.
• Psalms 37:7Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for Him; do not fret when men prosper in their ways, when they carry out wicked schemes.
• Psalms 40:1I waited patiently for the LORD; He inclined to me and heard my cry.
• James 3:2We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to control his whole body.
• Matthew 10:22You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.
• Philippians 3:12–15Not 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. Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it.…
• 1 Corinthians 2:6Among the mature, however, we speak a message of wisdom—but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.
• James 1:5Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.
• Luke 8:15But the seeds on good soil are those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, cling to it, and by persevering produce a crop.

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