Parallel Verses
Goodspeed New Testament
and steadfastness must have full play, so that you may be fully and perfectly developed without any defects.
New American Standard Bible
And let
King James Version
But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
Holman Bible
But endurance must do its complete work, so that you may be mature and complete, lacking nothing.
International Standard Version
But you must let endurance have its full effect, so that you may be mature and complete, lacking nothing.
A Conservative Version
And let perseverance have a perfect work, so that ye may be perfect and complete, falling short in nothing.
American Standard Version
And let patience have its perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, lacking in nothing.
Amplified
And let endurance have its perfect result and do a thorough work, so that you may be perfect and completely developed [in your faith], lacking in nothing.
An Understandable Version
And you [should] allow your perseverance to complete its work, so that you will be perfect and complete, [and] not lacking in anything.
Anderson New Testament
But let patience have its work perfected, that you may be perfect and faultless, wanting in nothing.
Bible in Basic English
But let this power have its full effect, so that you may be made complete, needing nothing.
Common New Testament
And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
Daniel Mace New Testament
but constancy should be brought to its perfection, that you may be entirely accomplished, without any defect.
Darby Translation
But let endurance have its perfect work, that ye may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
Godbey New Testament
But let endurance have its perfect work, in order that you may be perfect and whole in every part, lacking in nothing.
John Wesley New Testament
that ye may be perfect and intire, wanting nothing.
Julia Smith Translation
And let patience have a perfect work, that ye be perfect and entire, being left behind in nothing.
King James 2000
But let patience have her perfect work, that you may be perfect and entire, lacking in nothing.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And let endurance have [its] perfect effect, so that you may be mature and complete, lacking in nothing.
Modern King James verseion
But let patience have its perfect work, so that you may be perfect and entire, lacking nothing.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
and let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and sound, lacking nothing.
Moffatt New Testament
only, let your endurance be a finished product, so that you may be finished and complete, with never a defect.
Montgomery New Testament
But let endurance have its perfect work, so that you may be perfect and entire, not lacking in anything.
NET Bible
And let endurance have its perfect effect, so that you will be perfect and complete, not deficient in anything.
New Heart English Bible
Let endurance have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
Noyes New Testament
But let endurance have a perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting in nothing.
Sawyer New Testament
But let patience have a perfect work, that you may be perfect and entire, lacking in nothing.
The Emphasized Bible
But let, your endurance, have, mature work, that ye may be mature and complete, in nothing, coming short.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
But let patience have its work perfected, that ye may be perfect and complete, deficient in nothing.
Twentieth Century New Testament
And let endurance do its work perfectly, so that you may be altogether perfect, and in no respect deficient.
Webster
But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
Weymouth New Testament
Only let endurance have perfect results so that you may become perfect and complete, deficient in nothing.
Williams New Testament
but you must let your endurance come to its perfect product, so that you may be fully developed and perfectly equipped, without any defects.
World English Bible
Let endurance have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
Worrell New Testament
And let patience have a perfect work; that ye may be perfect and entire, lacking in nothing.
Worsley New Testament
but let patience have it's perfect work, that ye may be entirely perfect, failing in nothing.
Youngs Literal Translation
and let the endurance have a perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire -- in nothing lacking;
Themes
Afflicted saints » Should be patient
Patience » Should have its perfect work
Perfection » Patience leads to
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Context Readings
Trials, Testing, And Faith
3 for you know that the testing of your faith leads to steadfastness, 4 and steadfastness must have full play, so that you may be fully and perfectly developed without any defects. 5 If any one of you is deficient in wisdom, let him ask God who gives generously to everyone, and does not reproach one with it afterward, and he will give it to him.
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Matthew 5:48
So you are to be perfect, as your heavenly Father is.
Luke 21:19
It is by your endurance that you will win your souls.
Colossians 4:12
Epaphras, one of your own number, a slave of Christ Jesus, wishes to be remembered to you. He is always standing up for you in his prayers that you may stand fast, like men of mature convictions, whatever God's will for you may be.
Matthew 10:22
You will be hated by everybody on my account, but the man who holds out to the very end will be saved.
Matthew 19:20
The young man said to him, "I have obeyed all these commandments. What do I still lack?"
Mark 10:21
And Jesus looked at him and loved him, and he said to him, "There is one thing that you lack. Go, sell all you have, and give the money to the poor, and then you will have riches in heaven; and come back and be a follower of mine."
Luke 8:15
But the seed in the good soil means those who listen to the message and keep it in good, true hearts, and yield unfailingly.
Luke 18:22
When Jesus heard this, he said to him, "There is one thing that you still lack. Sell all that you have, and divide the money among the poor, and then you will have riches in heaven; and come back and be a follower of mine."
John 17:23
I in union with them and you with me, so that they may be perfectly unified, and the world may recognize that you sent me and that you love them just as you loved me.
1 Corinthians 2:6
Yet there is a wisdom that we impart when we are with people who have a mature faith, but it is not what this world calls wisdom, nor what the authorities of this world, doomed as they are to pass away, would call so.
Galatians 6:9
Let us not get tired of doing right, for at the proper time we shall reap, if we do not give out.
Philippians 3:12-15
Not that I have secured it yet, or already reached perfection, but I am pressing on to see if I can capture it, because I have been captured by Jesus Christ.
2 Timothy 3:17
so that the man of God will be adequate, and equipped for any good work.
Hebrews 13:21
fit you by every blessing to do his will, and through Jesus Christ carry out in us what will please him. To him be glory forever and ever. Amen.
James 1:5
If any one of you is deficient in wisdom, let him ask God who gives generously to everyone, and does not reproach one with it afterward, and he will give it to him.
James 3:2
For we all make many mistakes. Anyone who never makes a mistake in what he says has a character that is fully developed and is able to control his whole body as well.
James 5:7-11
So be patient, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. The farmer has to wait for the precious crop from the ground, and be patient with it, until it gets the early and the late rains.
1 Peter 5:10
And God, the giver of all mercy, who through your union with Christ has called you to his eternal glory, after you have suffered a little while will himself make you perfect, steadfast, and strong.
2 Peter 1:9
For whoever lacks these qualities is blind or near-sighted, and has forgotten that he has been cleansed from his former sins.
1 John 4:17-18
Love attains perfection in us, when we have perfect confidence about the Day of Judgment, because here in this world we are living as he lives.