Yet the righteous holds to his way, and he who has clean hands grows stronger and stronger.
James 1:4 - English Standard Version 2016 And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. Matoleo zaidiKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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) And let patience have its perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, lacking in nothing. Common English Bible Let this endurance complete its work so that you may be fully mature, complete, and lacking in nothing. Catholic Public Domain Version 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 And patience hath a perfect work; that you may be perfect and entire, failing in nothing. |
Yet the righteous holds to his way, and he who has clean hands grows stronger and stronger.
Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him; fret not yourself over the one who prospers in his way, over the man who carries out evil devices!
Prize her highly, and she will exalt you; she will honor you if you embrace her.
For still the vision awaits its appointed time; it hastens to the end—it will not lie. If it seems slow, wait for it; it will surely come; it will not delay.
and you will be hated by all for my name’s sake. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.
And Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, “You lack one thing: go, sell all that you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”
When Jesus heard this, 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.”
As for that in the good soil, they are those who, hearing the word, hold it fast in an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with patience.
I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that you sent me and loved them even as you loved me.
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.
And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.
Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, greets you, always struggling on your behalf in his prayers, that you may stand mature and fully assured in all the will of God.
Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
equip you with everything good that you may do his will, working in us that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.
For we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle his whole body.
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, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.
For whoever lacks these qualities is so nearsighted that he is blind, having forgotten that he was cleansed from his former sins.