James 1:4
And patience hath a perfect work; that you may be perfect and entire, failing in nothing.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 trying of your faith worketh patience.
Cross References
Job 17:9And the just man shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
Psalms 40:1Unto the end, a psalm for David himself.
Habakkuk 2:3For as yet the vision is far off, and it shall appear at the end, and shall not lie: if it make any delay, wait for it: for it shall surely come, and it shall not be slack.
Matthew 10:22And you shall be hated by all men for my name's sake: but he that shall persevere unto the end, he shall be saved.
Mark 10:21And Jesus looking on him, loved him, and said to him: One thing is wanting unto thee: go, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.
Luke 18:22Which when Jesus had heard, he said to him: Yet one thing is wanting to thee: sell all whatever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt 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 →