James 1:4 - New Revised Standard Version

⁴ and let endurance have its full effect, so that you may be mature and complete, lacking in nothing.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ But let endurance and steadfastness and patience have full play and do a thorough work, so that you may be [people] perfectly and fully developed [with no defects], lacking in nothing.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ And let patience have its perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, lacking in nothing.

Common English Bible

⁴ Let this endurance complete its work so that you may be fully mature, complete, and lacking in nothing.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ and patience brings a work to perfection, so that you may be perfect and whole, deficient in nothing.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴ And patience hath a perfect work; that you may be perfect and entire, failing in nothing.

James 1:4 Cross References

Job 17:9

Yet the righteous hold to their way, and they that have clean hands grow stronger and stronger.

Psalm 37:7

Be still before the Lord, and wait patiently for him; do not fret over those who prosper in their way, over those who carry out evil devices.

Psalm 40:1

I waited patiently for the Lord; he inclined to me and heard my cry.

Proverbs 4:8

Prize her highly, and she will exalt you; she will honor you if you embrace her.

Habakkuk 2:3

For there is still a vision for the appointed time; it speaks of the end, and does not lie. If it seems to tarry, wait for it; it will surely come, it will not delay.

Matthew 10:22

and you will be hated by all because of my name. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.

Matthew 19:20

The young man said to him, “I have kept all these; what do I still lack?”

Matthew 5:48

Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

Mark 10:21

Jesus, looking at him, loved him and said, “You lack one thing; go, sell what you own, and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.”

Luke 18:22

When Jesus heard this, he said to him, “There is still one thing lacking. Sell all that you own and distribute the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.”

Luke 21:19

By your endurance you will gain your souls.

Luke 8:15

But as for that in the good soil, these are the ones who, when they hear the word, hold it fast in an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with patient endurance.

John 17:23

I in them and you in me, that they may become completely one, so that the world may know that you have sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.

1 Corinthians 2:6

Yet among the mature we do speak wisdom, though it is not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are doomed to perish.

Galatians 6:9

So let us not grow weary in doing what is right, for we will reap at harvest time, if we do not give up.

Colossians 4:12

Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, greets you. He is always wrestling in his prayers on your behalf, so that you may stand mature and fully assured in everything that God wills.

1 Thessalonians 5:23

May the God of peace himself sanctify you entirely; and may your spirit and soul and body be kept sound and blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Timothy 3:17

so that everyone who belongs to God may be proficient, equipped for every good work.

Hebrews 13:21

make you complete in everything good so that you may do his will, working among us that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

James 1:5

If any of you is lacking in wisdom, ask God, who gives to all generously and ungrudgingly, and it will be given you.

James 3:2

For all of us make many mistakes. Anyone who makes no mistakes in speaking is perfect, able to keep the whole body in check with a bridle.

1 Peter 5:10

And 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, support, strengthen, and establish you.

2 Peter 1:9

For anyone who lacks these things is nearsighted and blind, and is forgetful of the cleansing of past sins.