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


In Context

1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are of the Dispersion, greeting.

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

3 Knowing that the proof of your faith worketh patience.

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

5 But if any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all liberally and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

6 But let him ask in faith, nothing doubting: for he that doubteth is like the surge of the sea driven by the wind and tossed.

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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:4But let endurance have its perfect work, that ye may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

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 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.