Charles Spurgeon Commentary James 1:4

"And let patience have [its] perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, lacking in nothing." — James 1:4 (ASV)

But let patience have her perfect work, that you may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.

This is true Christian perfection, when every gracious quality is present, and present in perfection. If you have a child, it is a great joy to you to find the child perfect as a child – with no sense deficient, no limb wanting, and every part rightly formed. Oh, that we may all be such Christians, "perfect and entire, wanting nothing"!