Key Verse Spotlight
James 1:4 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“But let patience have {her} perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.”
James 1:4
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; {temptations: or, trials}
Knowing {this}, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
But let patience have {her} perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
If 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.
But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.
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