James 1:4

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But let patience have her perfect work - Let it be fairly developed; let it produce its appropriate effects without being hindered. Let it not be...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(4) But let patience have [her] perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. (4) The third argument, proposed in manner of an e...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The paragraph, like its successors, has no special link with its context: it is the writer's habit to throw out a series of aphoristic comments on to...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

perfect . App-125. that . in order that. Greek. hina. entire . Greek. holokleros. Only here and 1 Thessalonians 5:23 . wanting . lacking....
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

4 But let patience have her perfect work. As boldness and courage often appear in us and soon fail, he therefore requires perseverance. “Rea...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 2352 THE DUTY OF PATIENCE James 1:2-4 . My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; knowing this, that the tr...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. Let patience have her perfect work - That is, Continue...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

But let patience have her perfect work— "that it may rise to its highest improvements during this little space of time, in which alone you will hav...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. Let endurance have a perfect work (taken out of "w...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Power of Faith Under Temptation 1. Servant] better, 'slave.' The word does not suggest any degradation, but only absolute surrender to the Mas...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Perfect and entire ] better, 'full grown' ( Ephesians 4:13 ), and 'complete' ( 1 Thessalonians 5:23 ).
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(2-27) Immediately after the salutation, and with more or less a play upon the word which we translate “greeting” (“rejoice,” James 1:1 ; “count it...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Let patience have her perfect work. — Do not think the grace will come to its full beauty in an hour. Emotion and sentiment may have their place in...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 5 THE RELATION OF THIS EPISTLE TO THE WRITINGS OF ST. PAUL AND OF ST. PETER - THE DATE OF THE EPISTLE - THE DOCTRINE OF JOY IN TEMPTATION....
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Steadfast Faith James 1:1-11 This Epistle is marked by the austere features of the Jerusalem church, which refused to be affected by that wider...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

James wrote to Christians in the midst of temptation and trial. He showed first that the issue of testing is that they "may be perfect and entire, la...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; (3) Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. (4) But let pat...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But let patience have her perfect work ,.... Or effect; or be brought unto perfection; which may denote both the sincerity and continuance of it unt...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. Ver. 4. Let patience have her perfect work ] Patien...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Count it all joy That is, matter of the greatest joy; when ye fall into divers temptations Πειρασμοις, trials; for though rendered temptations...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

This chapter has a very close relationship to the Old Testament, for all is seen in connection with God; and Christ is not yet spoken of as the cente...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Necessity of Faith and Patience; Evil of Indecision. A. D. 61....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

But let patience have her perfect work; i.e. effect: q.d. Let it have its full efficacy in you, both in making you absolutely subject to God's will...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Testing Produces Patient Endurance Which Finally Results In Being Made Perfect ( James 1:2-4 ). In these words that follow James sums up the essen...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Those Who Face Trial for The Sake Of Their Faith in God and the Lord Jesus Christ Will Be Blessed ( James 1:2-12 ). The letter commences by outlin...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And let patient endurance have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and entire, lacking in nothing.' And the final result of enduring these te...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES James 1:2 . Temptations. —As so often in the New Testament, trials which take the form of suffering, and serve the...
Scofield Reference Notes

perfect Mature and complete. ( See Scofield) - ( Matthew 5:48 ).
Sermon Bible Commentary

James 1:4 The Perfect Work of Patience. I. We can all attain to a certain amount of proficiency at most things we attempt; but there are few who...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

James 1:1 . James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting. James, a servant of...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

James 1:1 . James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting. «Where are the lost...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

James 1:1 . James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting. The apostle James ev...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

James 1:1 . James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting. According to the tea...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

James 1:1 . James, a servant of God, and of the Lord Jesus Christ. He does not style himself an apostle, because he would not assume any superio...
The Biblical Illustrator

Count it all Joy when ye fall Into divers temptations The Christian’s duty in times of trial This positive injunction of the Christian ethics m...
The Biblical Illustrator

Let patience have her perfect work The perfect work of patience We can all attain to a certain amount of proficiency at most things we attempt;...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION James 1:1 SALUTATION . James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ. (On the person who thus describes himself, see...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Temptation and prayer:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Let patience have its perfect work — Give it full scope, under whatever trials befal you. That ye may be perfect and entire — Adorned with every Ch...

⁴ But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.

Related Commentaries of James 1:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

James 1:4