James 1:4

Good News Translation

Make sure that your endurance carries you all the way without failing, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.

Cross References

Job 17:9

Those who claim to be respectable are more and more convinced they are right.

Psalm 37:7

Be patient and wait for the Lord to act; don't be worried about those who prosper or those who succeed in their evil plans.

Psalm 40:1

I waited patiently for the Lord's help; then he listened to me and heard my cry.

Proverbs 4:8

Love wisdom, and she will make you great. Embrace her, and she will bring you honor.

Habakkuk 2:3

Put it in writing, because it is not yet time for it to come true. But the time is coming quickly, and what I show you will come true. It may seem slow in coming, but wait for it; it will certainly take place, and it will not be delayed.

Matthew 10:22

Everyone will hate you because of me. But whoever holds out to the end will be saved.

Matthew 19:20

“I have obeyed all these commandments,” the young man replied. “What else do I need to do?”

Matthew 5:48

You must be perfect—just as your Father in heaven is perfect.

Mark 10:21

Jesus looked straight at him with love and said, “You need only one thing. Go and sell all you have and give the money to the poor, and you will have riches in heaven; then come and follow me.”

Luke 18:22

When Jesus heard this, he said to him, “There is still one more thing you need to do. Sell all you have and give the money to the poor, and you will have riches in heaven; then come and follow me.”

Luke 21:19

Stand firm, and you will save yourselves.

Luke 8:15

The seeds that fell in good soil stand for those who hear the message and retain it in a good and obedient heart, and they persist until they bear fruit.

John 17:23

I in them and you in me, so that they may be completely one, in order that the world may know that you sent me and that you love them as you love me.

1 Corinthians 2:6

Yet I do proclaim a message of wisdom to those who are spiritually mature. But it is not the wisdom that belongs to this world or to the powers that rule this world—powers that are losing their power.

Galatians 6:9

So let us not become tired of doing good; for if we do not give up, the time will come when we will reap the harvest.

Colossians 4:12

Greetings from Epaphras, another member of your group and a servant of Christ Jesus. He always prays fervently for you, asking God to make you stand firm, as mature and fully convinced Christians, in complete obedience to God's will.

1 Thessalonians 5:23

May the God who gives us peace make you holy in every way and keep your whole being—spirit, soul, and body—free from every fault at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Timothy 3:17

so that the person who serves God may be fully qualified and equipped to do every kind of good deed.

James 1:5

But if any of you lack wisdom, you should pray to God, who will give it to you; because God gives generously and graciously to all.

James 3:2

All of us often make mistakes. But if a person never makes a mistake in what he says, he is perfect and is also able to control his whole being.

1 Peter 5:10

But after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who calls you to share his eternal glory in union with Christ, will himself perfect you and give you firmness, strength, and a sure foundation.

2 Peter 1:9

But if you do not have them, you are so shortsighted that you cannot see and have forgotten that you have been purified from your past sins.