James 1:4,17,25

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James 1:2-4 The Message (MSG)

Consider it a sheer gift, friends, when tests and challenges come at you from all sides. You know that under pressure, your faith-life is forced into the open and shows its true colors. So don’t try to get out of anything prematurely. Let it do its work so you become mature and well-developed, not deficient in any way.

James 1:16-18 The Message (MSG)

So, my very dear friends, don’t get thrown off course. Every desirable and beneficial gift comes out of heaven. The gifts are rivers of light cascading down from the Father of Light. There is nothing deceitful in God, nothing two-faced, nothing fickle. He brought us to life using the true Word, showing us off as the crown of all his creatures.

James 1:25 The Message (MSG)

But whoever catches a glimpse of the revealed counsel of God—the free life!—even out of the corner of his eye, and sticks with it, is no distracted scatterbrain but a man or woman of action. That person will find delight and affirmation in the action.

James 1:4 King James Version (KJV)

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

James 1:17 King James Version (KJV)

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

James 1:25 King James Version (KJV)

But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.

James 1:4 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)

And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

James 1:17 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)

Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow.

James 1:25 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)

But one who looks intently at the perfect law, the law of liberty, and abides by it, not having become a forgetful hearer but an effectual doer, this man will be blessed in what he does.

James 1:4 New Century Version (NCV)

Let your patience show itself perfectly in what you do. Then you will be perfect and complete and will have everything you need.

James 1:17 New Century Version (NCV)

Every good action and every perfect gift is from God. These good gifts come down from the Creator of the sun, moon, and stars, who does not change like their shifting shadows.

James 1:25 New Century Version (NCV)

But the truly happy people are those who carefully study God’s perfect law that makes people free, and they continue to study it. They do not forget what they heard, but they obey what God’s teaching says. Those who do this will be made happy.

James 1:4 American Standard Version (ASV)

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

James 1:17 American Standard Version (ASV)

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, neither shadow that is cast by turning.

James 1:25 American Standard Version (ASV)

But he that looketh into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and so continueth, being not a hearer that forgetteth but a doer that worketh, this man shall be blessed in his doing.

James 1:4 New International Version (NIV)

Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.

James 1:17 New International Version (NIV)

Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.

James 1:25 New International Version (NIV)

But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in it—not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it—they will be blessed in what they do.

James 1:4 New King James Version (NKJV)

But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.

James 1:17 New King James Version (NKJV)

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.

James 1:25 New King James Version (NKJV)

But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does.

James 1:4 Amplified Bible (AMP)

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.

James 1:17 Amplified Bible (AMP)

Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above; it comes down from the Father of lights [the Creator and Sustainer of the heavens], in whom there is no variation [no rising or setting] or shadow cast by His turning [for He is perfect and never changes].

James 1:25 Amplified Bible (AMP)

But he who looks carefully into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and faithfully abides by it, not having become a [careless] listener who forgets but an active doer [who obeys], he will be blessed and favored by God in what he does [in his life of obedience].

James 1:4 New Living Translation (NLT)

So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be perfect and complete, needing nothing.

James 1:17 New Living Translation (NLT)

Whatever is good and perfect is a gift coming down to us from God our Father, who created all the lights in the heavens. He never changes or casts a shifting shadow.

James 1:25 New Living Translation (NLT)

But if you look carefully into the perfect law that sets you free, and if you do what it says and don’t forget what you heard, then God will bless you for doing it.

James 1:4 The Passion Translation (TPT)

And then as your endurance grows even stronger, it will release perfection into every part of your being until there is nothing missing and nothing lacking.

James (Jacob) 1:17 The Passion Translation (TPT)

Every gift God freely gives us is good and perfect, streaming down from the Father of lights, who shines from the heavens with no hidden shadow or darkness and is never subject to change.

James (Jacob) 1:25 The Passion Translation (TPT)

But those who set their gaze deeply into the perfecting law of liberty are fascinated by and respond to the truth they hear and are strengthened by it—they experience God’s blessing in all that they do!

James 1:4 English Standard Version Revision 2016 (ESV)

And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

James 1:17 English Standard Version Revision 2016 (ESV)

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.

James 1:25 English Standard Version Revision 2016 (ESV)

But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing.