Verse
James 1:4 — But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and…
“But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.”
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The verses around James 1:4.
2My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
3Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
4But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
5If 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.
6But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.
Verse explanation
Patience is not the finish line: if allowed to run its full course, it matures character until nothing is lacking — the purpose of trials, the text says, is to form complete people, not just tough ones.
From the James 1 study in Bible in Stories.
James 1:4 in other versions
The same verse in the 4 Bible versions we have on the site.
- KJV · King James
But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
Read the chapter in this version → - ARC · Almeida 1911Português
Tenha, porém, a paciencia a obra perfeita, para que sejaes perfeitos e completos, sem faltar em coisa alguma.
Read the chapter in this version → - BLIVRE · Bíblia LivrePortuguês
E que a perseverança tenha uma realização completa, para que sejais completos e íntegros, faltando em nada.
Read the chapter in this version → - VBL · Versión Biblia LibreEspañol
Que su paciencia se fortalezca tanto como sea posible, para que estén completamente maduros, sin ningún defecto.
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In other languages: Português (Tiago 1:4) · Español (Santiago 1:4)
More verses about patience
- Romans 12:12Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;
- Galatians 6:9And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
- Psalms 27:14Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.
- Ecclesiastes 7:8Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud…
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