James 1:4

Catholic Public Domain Version

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

Cross References

Job 17:9

And the just will cling to his way, and clean hands will increase strength.

Psalm 37:7

I have become miserable, and I have been bent down, even to the end. I have walked with contrition all day long.

Psalm 40:1

Unto the end. A Psalm of David himself.

Proverbs 4:8

Grasp her, and she will exalt you. You will be glorified by her, when you have embraced her.

Habakkuk 2:3

For as yet the vision is far off, and it will appear in the end, and it will not lie. If it expresses any delay, wait for it. For it is arriving and it will arrive, and it will not be hindered.

Matthew 10:22

And you will be hated by all for the sake of my name. But whoever will have persevered, even to the end, the same shall be saved.

Matthew 19:20

The young man said to him: "All these I have kept from my childhood. What is still lacking for me?"

Matthew 5:48

Therefore, be perfect, even as your heavenly Father is perfect."

Mark 10:21

Then Jesus, gazing at him, loved him, and he said to him: "One thing is lacking to you. Go, sell whatever you have, and give to the poor, and then you will have treasure in heaven. And come, follow me."

Luke 18:22

And when Jesus heard this, he said to him: "One thing is still lacking for you. Sell all the things that you have, and give to the poor. And then you will have treasure in heaven. And come, follow me."

Luke 21:19

By your patience, you shall possess your souls.

Luke 8:15

But those which were on good soil are those who, upon hearing the word with a good and noble heart, retain it, and they bring forth fruit in patience.

John 17:23

I am in them, and you are in me. So may they be perfected as one. And may the world know that you have sent me and that you have loved them, just as you have also loved me.

1 Corinthians 2:6

Now, we do speak wisdom among the perfect, yet truly, this is not the wisdom of this age, nor that of the leaders of this age, which shall be reduced to nothing.

Galatians 6:9

And so, let us not be deficient in doing good. For in due time, we shall reap without fail.

Colossians 4:12

Epaphras greets you, who is from among you, a servant of Christ Jesus, ever solicitous for you in prayer, so that you may stand, perfect and complete, in the entire will of God.

1 Thessalonians 5:23

And may the God of peace himself sanctify you through all things, so that your whole spirit and soul and body may be preserved without blame unto the return of our Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Timothy 3:17

so that the man of God may be perfect, having been trained for every good work.

Hebrews 13:21

equip you with all goodness, so that you may do his will. May he accomplish in you whatever is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom is glory forever and ever. Amen.

James 1:5

But if anyone among you is in need of wisdom, let him petition God, who gives abundantly to all without reproach, and it shall be given to him.

James 3:2

For we all offend in many ways. If anyone does not offend in word, he is a perfect man. And he is then able, as if with a bridle, to lead the whole body around.

1 Peter 5:10

But the God of all grace, who has called us to his eternal glory in Christ Jesus, will himself perfect, confirm, and establish us, after a brief time of suffering.

2 Peter 1:9

For he who does not have these things at hand is blind and groping, being forgetful of his purification from his former offenses.