James 1:4
and patience brings a work to perfection, so that you may be perfect and whole, deficient in nothing.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
In Context
3knowing that the proving of your faith exercises patience,
Cross References
Job 17:9And the just will cling to his way, and clean hands will increase strength.
Psalms 40:1Unto the end. A Psalm of David himself.
Habakkuk 2:3For as yet the vision is far off, and it will appear in the end, and it will not lie. If it expresses any delay, wait for it. For it is arriving and it will arrive, and it will not be hindered.
Matthew 10:22And you will be hated by all for the sake of my name. But whoever will have persevered, even to the end, the same shall be saved.
Mark 10:21Then Jesus, gazing at him, loved him, and he said to him: “One thing is lacking to you. Go, sell whatever you have, and give to the poor, and then you will have treasure in heaven. And come, follow me.”
Luke 18:22And when Jesus heard this, he said to him: “One thing is still lacking for you. Sell all the things that you have, and give to the poor. And then you will have treasure in heaven. And come, follow me.”
Matthew Henry on James 1:3-13
Necessity of Faith and Patience; Evil of Indecision. ( a. d. 61.) 2 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; 3 Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. 4 But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. 5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. 6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea… Read the whole commentary →