 James 1:2-4
2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you encounter trials of many kinds, 3 because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. 4 Allow perseverance to finish its work, so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.

1:17
Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.

2:21-22
21 Was not our father Abraham justified by what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar? 22 You see that his faith was working with his actions, and his faith was perfected by what he did.

3:2
We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to control his whole body.

 Luke 11:43
43 Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the chief seats in the synagogues and the greetings in the marketplaces.

 Matthew 5:48
Be perfect(τέλειοι), therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect(τέλειος).

 Romans 12:2
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect (τέλειοι) will of God.

 1 Corinthians 2:6
Among the mature(τέλειοι), however, we speak a message of wisdom—but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.

 Hebrews 5:14
But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained their senses to distinguish good from evil.

 James 1:2-4
2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you encounter trials of many kinds, 3 because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. 4 Allow perseverance to finish its work, so that you may be mature(τέλειοι) and complete, not lacking anything.

1:17
Every good and perfect(τέλειον) gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.

2:21-22
21 Was not our father Abraham justified by what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar? 22 You see that his faith was working with his actions, and his faith was perfected by what he did.

3:2
We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect(τέλειος) man, able to control his whole body.

 James 1:17
17 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.

 James 1:5-8
5 Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. 6 But he must ask in faith, without doubting, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. 7 That man should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. 8 He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

 James 2:21-22
21 Was not our father Abraham justified by what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar? 22 You see that his faith was working with his actions, and his faith was perfected by what he did.

 James 1:2-4
2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you encounter trials of many kinds, 3 because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. 4 Allow perseverance to finish its work, so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.

 1 Timothy 4:7b
train yourself for godliness.

Seek God's Gifts

Act In Faith

Endure Trials