Devine Scripture

James 1:4

James chapter 1 · verse 4 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.3knowing that the proving of your faith worketh patience.

v.4This passage

v.5But 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.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Galatians 6:9

    And let us not be weary in well-doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

  • Matthew 5:48

    Ye therefore shall be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

  • James 5:7

    Be patient therefore, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receive the early and latter rain.

  • Habakkuk 2:3

    For the vision is yet for the appointed time, and it hasteth toward the end, and shall not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not delay.

  • James 1:5

    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.

  • James 3:2

    For in many things we all stumble. If any stumbleth not in word, the same is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body also.