James 1:2-4 Part 2 of 2

Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy. For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be perfect and complete, needing nothing.

 

For you know that when your faith is tested,

1 Peter 1:7  These trials will show that your faith is genuine. It is being tested as fire tests and purifies gold--though your faith is far more precious than mere gold. So when your faith remains strong through many trials, it will bring you much praise and glory and honor on the day when Jesus Christ is revealed to the whole world. (see verses 7-12)

 

your endurance has a chance to grow. 

Romans 5:3  We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know they help us develop endurance. (see verses 1-16)

Hebrews 10:35-36  So do not throw away this confident trust in the Lord. Remember the great reward it brings you! Patient endurance is what you need now, so that you will continue to do God's will. Then you will receive all that he has promised. (see verses 32-39)

Hebrews 12:1  Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith (see all chapter 11), let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us. (see verses 1-12)

James 5:11  We give great honor to those who endure under suffering. For instance, you know about Job, a man of great endurance. You can see how the Lord was kind to him at the end, for the Lord is full of tenderness and mercy. (see verses 7-12)

 

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

Ephesians 4:13  This will continue until we all come to such unity in our faith and knowledge of God's Son that we will be mature in the Lord, measuring up to the full and complete standard of Christ. (see verses 11-16)

Colossians 4:12  Epaphras, a member of your own fellowship and 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 that you are following the whole will of God.

Hebrews 5:14  Solid food is for those who are mature, who through training have the skill to recognize the difference between right and wrong. (see verses 11-14)

Hebrews 6:1-3  So let us stop going over the basic teachings about Christ again and again. Let us go on instead and become mature in our understanding. Surely we don't need to start again with the fundamental importance of repenting from evil deeds and placing our faith in God. You don't need further instruction about baptisms, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment. And so, God willing, we will move forward to further understanding.

 

(parentheses are mine)

 

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