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


In Context

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

2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds,

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

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

5 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 when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.

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 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 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.