James 1:4 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁴ And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect 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 holds to his way, and he that has clean hands grows stronger and stronger.

Psalm 37:7

Be still before the Lord, and wait patiently for him; fret not yourself over him who prospers in his way, over the man who carries 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 still the vision awaits its time; it hastens to the end—it will not lie. If it seem slow, wait for it; it will surely come, it will not delay.

Matthew 10:22

and you will be hated by all for my name's sake. But he who endures to the end will be saved.

Matthew 19:20

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

Matthew 5:48

You, therefore, must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

Mark 10:21

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

Luke 18:22

And when Jesus heard it, he said to him, “One thing you still lack. Sell all that you have and distribute to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”

Luke 21:19

By your endurance you will gain your lives.

Luke 8:15

And as for that in the good soil, they are those who, hearing the word, hold it fast in an honest and good heart, and bring forth fruit with patience.

John 17:23

I in them and thou in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that thou hast sent me and hast loved them even as thou hast loved me.

1 Corinthians 2:6

Yet among the mature we do impart wisdom, although it is not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are doomed to pass away.

Galatians 6:9

And let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due season we shall reap, if we do not lose heart.

Colossians 4:12

Epaphras, who is one of yourselves, a servant of Christ Jesus, greets you, always remembering you earnestly in his prayers, that you may stand mature and fully assured in all the will of God.

1 Thessalonians 5:23

May the God of peace himself sanctify you wholly; 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

that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.

Hebrews 13:21

equip you with everything good that you may do his will, working in you that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

James 1:5

If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives to all men generously and without reproaching, and it will be given him.

James 3:2

For we all make many mistakes, and if any one makes no mistakes in what he says he is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body also.

1 Peter 5:10

And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, establish, and strengthen you.

2 Peter 1:9

For whoever lacks these things is blind and shortsighted and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins.