James 1:4
King James Version
10 Jun 2026
“But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.”
ὑπομονή
Patient endurance, steadfast waiting. Hupomone. You have need of endurance so that having done the will of God you may receive what is promised. Endurance is the last virtue between you and the promise.
τέλειος
Perfect
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τέλειος
Perfect, complete, mature, full-grown. Teleios. Be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect. Teleios means brought to its designed purpose. Maturity is becoming what God intended you to be.
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ἵνα
so that
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ἵνα
That, in order that, so that. Hina. For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son in order that whoever believes in Him should not perish. The purpose of the cross is clear.
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ὅλος
Complete
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ὅλος
Whole, complete, entire. Holos. Love the Lord your God with all your heart. God does not want a portion of you. He wants all of you. Half-hearted devotion is not devotion.
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ἔργον
work
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ἔργον
Work, deed, act. Ergon. We are His workmanship created in Christ Jesus for good works. Good works are not the root of salvation. They are the fruit of it.
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ἔχω
should have,
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ἔχω
To have, to hold, to possess. I have learned in whatever state I am to be content. Contentment is not about having more but appreciating what you have.
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λείπω
lacking.
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λείπω
to leave, i.e. (intransitively or passively) to fail or be absent
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ὁλόκληρος
complete
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ὁλόκληρος
complete in every part, i.e. perfectly sound (in body)
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εἰμί
you may be
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εἰμί
I exist (used only when emphatic)
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μηδείς
nothing
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μηδείς
not even one (man, woman, thing)
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