James 1:4

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And let patience have [its] perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, lacking in nothing.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἡ δὲ ὑπομονὴ ἔργον τέλειον ἐχέτω, ἵνα ἦτε τέλειοι καὶ ὁλόκληροι, ἐν μηδενὶ λειπόμενοι.

Transliteration

And the hypomonē ergon teleion let echetō, so that you may be teleioi and holoklēroi, in nothing leipomenoi.

Grammar Details

• *hypomonē*: nominative, feminine, singular - subject
• *ergon*: accusative, neuter, singular - direct object
• *teleion*: accusative, neuter, singular - adjective modifying *ergon*
• *echetō*: present, active, imperative, 3rd person singular - command
• *ēte*: present, active, subjunctive, 2nd person plural - purpose clause
• *teleioi*: nominative, masculine, plural - predicate adjective
• *holoklēroi*: nominative, masculine, plural - predicate adjective
• *leipomenoi*: present, passive, participle, nominative, masculine, plural - being lacking

Word Meanings

• *hypomonē*: endurance/steadfastness/patience/perseverance
• *ergon*: work/deed/action
• *teleion*: perfect/complete/mature
• *echetō*: let have/must have/should have
• *teleioi*: perfect/complete/mature
• *holoklēroi*: complete/whole/entire/without defect
• *leipomenoi*: lacking/missing/being deficient

Referenced Verses

• Matt 5:48 : 48 Ye therefore shall be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
• Hab 2:3 : 3 For the vision is yet for the appointed time, and it hasteth toward the end, and shall not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not delay.
• Luke 21:19 : 19 In your patience ye shall win your souls.
• Job 17:9 : 9 Yet shall the righteous hold on his way, And he that hath clean hands shall wax stronger and stronger.
• Col 4:12 : 12 Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, saluteth you, always striving for you in his prayers, that ye may stand perfect and fully assured in all the will of God.
• 2 Tim 3:17 : 17 That the man of God may be complete, furnished completely unto every good work.
• Heb 13:21 : 21 make you perfect in every good thing to do his will, working in us that which is well-pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom [be] the glory for ever and ever. Amen.
• Jas 1:5 : 5 But if any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all liberally and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
• Jas 3:2 : 2 For in many things we all stumble. If any stumbleth not in word, the same is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body also.
• Jas 5:7-9 : 7 Be patient therefore, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until {G302} it receive the early and latter rain. 8 Be ye also patient; establish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord is at hand. 9 Murmur not, brethren, one against another, that ye be not judged: behold, the judge standeth before the doors. 10 Take, {G3450} brethren, None for an example of suffering and of patience, the prophets who spake in the name of the Lord. 11 Behold, we call them blessed that endured: ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord, how that the Lord is full of pity, and merciful.
• 1 Pet 5:10 : 10 And the God of all grace, who called you unto his eternal glory in Christ, {G2424} after that ye have suffered a little while, shall himself {G5209} perfect, establish, strengthen you.
• Ps 37:7 : 7 Rest in Jehovah, and wait patiently for him: Fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, Because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
• Ps 40:1 : 1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for Jehovah; And he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
• Prov 4:8 : 8 Exalt her, and she will promote thee; She will bring thee to honor, when thou dost embrace her.
• Matt 10:22 : 22 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end, the same shall be saved.
• Matt 19:20 : 20 The young man saith unto him, All these things have I observed: what lack I yet?
• Mark 10:21 : 21 And Jesus looking upon him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.
• Luke 8:15 : 15 And that in the good ground, these are such as in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, hold it fast, and bring forth fruit with patience.
• Luke 18:22 : 22 And when Jesus heard it, he said unto him, One thing thou lackest yet: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.
• John 17:23 : 23 I in them, and thou in me, that they may be perfected into one; {G2532} that the world may know that thou didst send me, and lovedst them, even as thou lovedst me.
• 1 Cor 2:6 : 6 We speak wisdom, however, among them that are fullgrown: yet a wisdom not of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, who are coming to nought:
• Gal 6:9 : 9 And let us not be weary in {G2570} well-doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
• Phil 3:12-15 : 12 Not that I have already obtained, or am already made perfect: but I press on, if so be that I may lay hold on that for which also I was laid hold on by Christ Jesus. 13 Brethren, I count not myself yet to have laid hold: but one thing [I do], forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before, 14 I press on toward the goal unto the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. 15 Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, be thus minded: and if in anything ye are otherwise minded, this also shall God reveal {G2532} unto you:
• 2 Pet 1:9 : 9 For he that {G3361} lacketh these things is blind, seeing only what is near, having forgotten the cleansing from his old sins.
• 1 John 4:17-18 : 17 Herein {G5129} is {G3326} {G2257} love made perfect with us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as he is, even so are we in this world. 18 There is no fear in love: but perfect love casteth out fear, because fear hath punishment; and he that feareth is not made perfect in love.