| New King James Version (NKJV) | New International Version (NIV) |
| 2 My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, | 2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, |
| 3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. | 3 because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. |
| 4 But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing. | 4 Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. |
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