James 1:4
But you must let endurance have its full effect, so that you may be mature and complete, lacking nothing.
Matthew 5:48
So be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect."
Luke 21:19
By your endurance you will protect your lives."
Job 17:9
But the righteous person will hold to his way, and those with clean hands will grow stronger and stronger."
Colossians 4:12
Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of the Messiah Jesus, sends you his greetings. He is always wrestling in his prayers for you, so that you may stand mature, completely convinced of the entire will of God.
Psalm 37:7
Be silent in the LORD's presence and wait patiently for him. Don't be angry because of the one whose way prospers or the one who implements evil schemes.
Psalm 40:1
I waited expectantly for the LORD, and he took notice of me and heard my cry.
Proverbs 4:8
Prize her and she will exalt you. Indeed, if you embrace her, she will honor you.
Habakkuk 2:3
For the revelation pertains to an appointed time it speaks truthfully about the end. Though it delays, wait for it, because it will surely come about it will not be late!
Matthew 10:22
You will be hated by everyone because of my name. But the person who endures to the end will be saved.
Matthew 19:20
The young man told him, "I have kept all of these. What do I still lack?"
Mark 10:21
Jesus looked at him and loved him. Then he told him, "You're missing one thing. Go and sell everything you own, give the money to the destitute, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come back and follow me."
Luke 8:15
But the ones on the good soil are the people who hear the word but also hold on to it with good and honest hearts, producing a crop through endurance."
Luke 18:22
When Jesus heard this, he told him, "You still need to do one thing. Sell everything you have and give the money to the destitute, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come back and follow me."
John 17:23
I am in them, and you are in me. May they be completely one, so that the world may know that you sent me and that you have loved them as you loved me.
1 Corinthians 2:6
However, when we are among mature people, we do speak a message of wisdom, but not the wisdom of this world or of the rulers of this world, who are passing off the scene.
Galatians 6:9
Let's not get tired of doing what is good, for at the right time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
Philippians 3:12-15
It's not that I have already reached this goal or have already become perfect. But I keep pursuing it, hoping somehow to embrace it just as I have been embraced by the Messiah Jesus.
2 Timothy 3:17
so that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good action.
Hebrews 13:21
equip you with everything good to do his will, accomplishing in us what pleases him through Jesus, the Messiah. To him be glory forever and ever! Amen.
James 1:5
Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives to everyone generously without a rebuke, and it will be given to him.
James 3:2
For all of us make many mistakes. If someone does not make any mistakes when he speaks, he is perfect and able to control his whole body.
James 5:7-11
So be patient, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious crop from his land, being patient with it until it receives the fall and the spring rains.
1 Peter 5:10
After you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who called you by the Messiah Jesus to his eternal glory, will restore you, establish you, strengthen you, and support you.
2 Peter 1:9
For the person who lacks these qualities is blind and shortsighted, and has forgotten the cleansing that he has received from his past sins.
1 John 4:17-18
This is how love has been perfected among us: we will have confidence on the day of judgment because, during our time in this world, we are just like him.