James 1:4

1:4 And let endurance have its perfect effect, so that you will be perfect and complete, not deficient in anything.

James 1:17

1:17 All generous giving and every perfect gift 1  is from above, coming down 2  from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or the slightest hint of change. 3 

James 1:25

1:25 But the one who peers into the perfect law of liberty and fixes his attention there, 4  and does not become a forgetful listener but one who lives it out – he 5  will be blessed in what he does. 6 

1 tn The first phrase refers to the action of giving and the second to what is given.

2 tn Or “All generous giving and every perfect gift from above is coming down.”

3 tn Grk “variation or shadow of turning” (referring to the motions of heavenly bodies causing variations of light and darkness).

1 tn Grk “continues.”

2 tn Grk “this one.”

3 tn Grk “in his doing.”