James 1:4

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Summary

James 1:4

But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.

Perfect and

Wanting

2 Peter 1:9

Bible References

Perfect and

For we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle his whole body.

Prize her highly, and she will exalt you; she will honor you if you embrace her.

You therefore must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that you sent me and loved them even as you loved me.

Yet among the mature we do impart wisdom, although it is not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are doomed to pass away.

Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own.

Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, greets you, always struggling on your behalf in his prayers, that you may stand mature and fully assured in all the will of God.

that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work.

equip you with everything good that you may do his will, working in us that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.

And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.

By this is love perfected with us, so that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as he is so also are we in this world.

Wanting

If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.

The young man said to him, "All these I have kept. What do I still lack?"

And Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, "You lack one thing: go, sell all that you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me."

When Jesus heard this, he said to him, "One thing you still lack. Sell all that you have and distribute to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me."

For whoever lacks these qualities is so nearsighted that he is blind, having forgotten that he was cleansed from his former sins.