because you[a] know that the testing of your faith produces endurance. And let endurance have its perfect effect, so that you may be mature and complete, lacking in nothing.

Now if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask for it from God, who gives to all without reservation and not reproaching, and it will be given to him.

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Footnotes

  1. James 1:3 Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“know”) which is understood as causal

because you know that the testing of your faith(A) produces perseverance.(B) Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature(C) and complete, not lacking anything. If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God,(D) who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.(E)

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