Allow perseverance to finish its work, so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.James 1:4
Original language and places
Reference data from open datasets, shown as published by their sources. Word-by-word English is a literal guide, not a translation.
Original language (Greek)
ἡ δὲ ὑπομονὴ ἔργον τέλειον ἐχέτω, ἵνα ἦτε τέλειοι καὶ ὁλόκληροι ἐν μηδενὶ λειπόμενοι.
- ἡhē“<the>”Article, nominative, singular, feminine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
- δὲde“And”Conjunction · from δέ · “but/and” · Strong's G1161
- ὑπομονὴhupomonē“endurance”Noun, nominative, singular, feminine · from ὑπομονή · “perseverance” · Strong's G5281
- ἔργονergon“work”Noun, accusative, singular, neuter · “work” · Strong's G2041
- τέλειονteleion“[its] perfect”Adjective, accusative, singular, neuter · from τέλειος · “perfect” · Strong's G5046
- ἐχέτω,echetō“should have,”Verb, present, active, imperative, 3rd person singular · from ἔχω · “to have/be” · Strong's G2192
- ἵναina“so that”Conjunction · “in order that/to” · Strong's G2443
- ἦτεēte“you may be”Verb, present, active, subjunctive, 2nd person plural · from εἰμί · “to be” · Strong's G1510
- τέλειοιteleioi“perfect”Adjective, nominative, plural, masculine · from τέλειος · “perfect” · Strong's G5046
- καὶkai“and”Conjunction · from καί · “and” · Strong's G2532
- ὁλόκληροιholoklēroi“complete”Adjective, nominative, plural, masculine · from ὁλόκληρος · “whole” · Strong's G3648
- ἐνen“in”Preposition · “in/on/among” · Strong's G1722
- μηδενὶmēdeni“nothing”Adjective, dative, singular, neuter · from μηδείς · “nothing” · Strong's G3367
- λειπόμενοι.leipomenoi“lacking.”Verb, present, middle, participle, nominative, plural, masculine · from λείπω · “to lack” · Strong's G3007
- Greek words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)