Bible verse

James 1:4

Allow perseverance to finish its work, so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.

James 1:4 · BSB

James 1:4 in context

The verses around it, from James 1.

1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes of the Dispersion: Greetings.

2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you encounter trials of many kinds,

3 because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance.

4 Allow perseverance to finish its work, so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.

5 Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.

6 But he must ask in faith, without doubting, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.

7 That man should not expect to receive anything from the Lord.

8 He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

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James 1:4 in other translations

KJV

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

ASV

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

ERV

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

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