Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Let have (exetw). Present active imperative of exw, let it keep on having.
Perfect (teleion). See Romans 5:3 f. for a like chain of blessings. Carry on the work to the end or completion (from telov, end) as in John 17:4 (to ergon teleiwsav, having finished the work).
That ye may be (ina hte). Purpose clause with ina and present active subjunctive of eimi. This is the goal of patience.
Perfect and entire (teleioi kai oloklhroi). Perfected at the end of the task (telov) and complete in all parts (oloklhroi, olov whole and klhrov lot or part). "Perfected all over." These two adjectives often occur together in Philo, Plutarch, etc. See Acts 3:16 for oloklhrian (perfect soundness).
Lacking in nothing (en mhdeni leipomenoi). Present passive participle of leipw to leave. Negative statement of the preceding positive as often in James (cf. James 1:6). There is now a digression (verses James 1:5-8) from the discussion of peirasmov, which is taken up again in verse James 1:9. The word leipomenoi (lacking) suggests the digression.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing James 1:4:
Acts 3:16
James 1:27
James 2:22
1 John 4:18
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