James 1:4 Cross References

James 1:4

4: So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be strong in character and ready for anything.

Luke 21:19

  1. By standing firm, you will win your souls.

Matthew 5:48

  1. But you are to be perfect, even as your Father in heaven is perfect.

2 Timothy 3:17

  1. It is God's way of preparing us in every way, fully equipped for every good thing God wants us to do.

Habakkuk 2:3

  1. But these things I plan won't happen right away. Slowly, steadily, surely, the time approaches when the vision will be fulfilled. If it seems slow, wait patiently, for it will surely take place. It will not be delayed.

1 Peter 5:10

  1. In his kindness God called you to his eternal glory by means of Jesus Christ. After you have suffered a little while, he will restore, support, and strengthen you, and he will place you on a firm foundation.

Hebrews 13:20

  1. And now, may the God of peace, who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, equip you with all you need for doing his will. May he produce in you, through the power of Jesus Christ, all that is pleasing to him. Jesus is the great Shepherd of the sheep by an everlasting covenant, signed with his blood. To him be glory forever and ever. Amen.

Psalms 37:7

  1. Be still in the presence of the LORD, and wait patiently for him to act. Don't worry about evil people who prosper or fret about their wicked schemes.

James 5:7

  1. Dear brothers and sisters, you must be patient as you wait for the Lord's return. Consider the farmers who eagerly look for the rains in the fall and in the spring. They patiently wait for the precious harvest to ripen.
  2. You, too, must be patient. And take courage, for the coming of the Lord is near.
  3. Don't grumble about each other, my brothers and sisters, or God will judge you. For look! The great Judge is coming. He is standing at the door!
  4. For examples of patience in suffering, dear brothers and sisters, look at the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
  5. We give great honor to those who endure under suffering. Job is an example of a man who endured patiently. From his experience we see how the Lord's plan finally ended in good, for he is full of tenderness and mercy.

James 3:2

  1. We all make many mistakes, but those who control their tongues can also control themselves in every other way.

James 1:5

  1. If you need wisdom--if you want to know what God wants you to do--ask him, and he will gladly tell you. He will not resent your asking.

Psalms 40:1

  1. I waited patiently for the LORD to help me, and he turned to me and heard my cry.

Galatians 6:9

  1. So don't get tired of doing what is good. Don't get discouraged and give up, for we will reap a harvest of blessing at the appropriate time.

Matthew 10:22

  1. And everyone will hate you because of your allegiance to me. But those who endure to the end will be saved.

Luke 8:15

  1. But the good soil represents honest, good-hearted people who hear God's message, cling to it, and steadily produce a huge harvest.

Job 17:9

  1. The righteous will move onward and forward, and those with pure hearts will become stronger and stronger.

Colossians 4:12

  1. Epaphras, from your city, a servant of Christ Jesus, sends you his greetings. He always prays earnestly for you, asking God to make you strong and perfect, fully confident of the whole will of God.

1 Corinthians 2:6

  1. Yet when I am among mature Christians, I do speak with words of wisdom, but not the kind of wisdom that belongs to this world, and not the kind that appeals to the rulers of this world, who are being brought to nothing.

Proverbs 4:8

  1. If you prize wisdom, she will exalt you. Embrace her and she will honor you.

Mark 10:21

  1. Jesus felt genuine love for this man as he looked at him. "You lack only one thing," he told him. "Go and sell all you have and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."

1 John 4:17

  1. And as we live in God, our love grows more perfect. So we will not be afraid on the day of judgment, but we can face him with confidence because we are like Christ here in this world.
  2. Such love has no fear because perfect love expels all fear. If we are afraid, it is for fear of judgment, and this shows that his love has not been perfected in us.

Luke 18:22

  1. "There is still one thing you lack," Jesus said. "Sell all you have and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."

John 17:23

  1. I in them and you in me, all being perfected into one. Then the world will know that you sent me and will understand that you love them as much as you love me.

Matthew 19:20

  1. "I've obeyed all these commandments," the young man replied. "What else must I do?"

Philippians 3:12

  1. I don't mean to say that I have already achieved these things or that I have already reached perfection! But I keep working toward that day when I will finally be all that Christ Jesus saved me for and wants me to be.
  2. No, dear brothers and sisters, I am still not all I should be, but I am focusing all my energies on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead,
  3. I strain to reach the end of the race and receive the prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us up to heaven.
  4. I hope all of you who are mature Christians will agree on these things. If you disagree on some point, I believe God will make it plain to you.

2 Peter 1:9

  1. But those who fail to develop these virtues are blind or, at least, very shortsighted. They have already forgotten that God has cleansed them from their old life of sin.
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