James 1:4
And let endurance have [its] perfect effect, so that you may be mature and complete, lacking in nothing.
Matthew 5:48
Therefore you be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect.
Luke 21:19
By your patient endurance you will gain your lives.
Job 17:9
But [the] righteous holds on to his way, and {he who has clean hands} increases in strength.
Colossians 4:12
Epaphras, who is [one] of you, greets you, a slave of Christ always struggling on behalf of you in his prayers, that you may stand mature and fully assured in all the will of God.
Psalm 37:7
Be quiet before Yahweh and wait for him. Do not fret about one who succeeds [in] his way, about a man making plots.
Psalm 40:1
I waited patiently for Yahweh, And he inclined to me and heard my cry for help.
Proverbs 4:8
Cherish her and she will exalt you; she will honor you if you embrace her.
Habakkuk 2:3
For [there is] yet a vision for the appointed time; it will give witness to the end, and it will not lie. If it tarries, wait for it, for it will surely come and not delay.
Matthew 10:22
and you will be hated by everyone because of my name. But the one who endures to the end--this one will be saved.
Matthew 19:20
The young man said to him, "All these I have observed. What do I still lack?"
Mark 10:21
And Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, "You lack one [thing]: Go, sell all that you have, and give [the proceeds] to the poor--and you will have treasure in heaven--and come, follow me."
Luke 8:15
But the [seed] on the good soil--these are the ones who, [after] hearing the word, hold fast to [it] with a noble and good heart, and bear fruit with patient endurance.
Luke 18:22
And [when he] heard [this], Jesus said to him, "{You still lack one thing}: Sell all that you have, and distribute [the proceeds] to the poor--and you will have treasure in heaven--and come, follow me."
John 17:23
I in them, and you in me, in order that they may be completed in one, so that the world may know that you sent me, and you have loved them just as you have loved me.
1 Corinthians 2:6
Now we do speak wisdom among the mature, but wisdom not of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are perishing,
Galatians 6:9
And let us not grow weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap, [if we] do not give up.
Philippians 3:12-15
Not that I have already received [this], or [have] already been made perfect, but I press on if indeed I may lay hold of [that] for which also I was laid hold of by Christ.
2 Timothy 3:17
in order that the person of God may be competent, equipped for every good work.
Hebrews 13:21
equip you with every good [thing] to do his will, carrying out in us [what is] pleasing before him through Jesus Christ, to whom [be] the glory {forever}. Amen.
James 1:5
Now if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask for [it] from God, who gives to all without reservation and not reproaching, and it will be given to him.
James 3:2
For we all stumble [in] many [ways]. If anyone does not stumble in what he says, he [is] a perfect individual, able to hold in check his whole body also.
James 5:7-11
Therefore be patient, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the soil, being patient concerning it until it receives the early and late rains.
1 Peter 5:10
And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, [after you] have suffered for a short time, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, [and] establish [you].
2 Peter 1:9
For [the one] for whom these [things] [are] not present is blind, being nearsighted, {having forgotten the cleansing} of his former sins.
1 John 4:17-18
By this love is perfected with us, so that we may have confidence in the day of judgment, because just as that one is, [so] also are we in this world.