4But let endurance have its perfect work, that ye may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.


In Context

1 James, bondman of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are in the dispersion, greeting.

2 Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into various temptations,

3 knowing that the proving of your faith works endurance.

4 But let endurance have its perfect work, that ye may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

5 But if any one of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all freely and reproaches not, and it shall be given to him:

6 but let him ask in faith, nothing doubting. For he that doubts is like a wave of the sea driven by the wind and tossed about;

James 1:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:4But let patience have [her] perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:4Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:4And patience hath a perfect work; that you may be perfect and entire, failing in nothing.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:4And let patience have its perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, lacking in nothing.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:4And let patience have its perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, lacking in nothing.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:4But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:4Let endurance have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:4and let the endurance have a perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire — in nothing lacking;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:4But let patience have her perfect work, that you may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.