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James 1:3

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Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
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  1. Romans 5:3–4Rank 1 from verse 3
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    3And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;

    4And patience, experience; and experience, hope:

  2. Hebrews 10:36Rank 2 from verse 3
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    36For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.

  3. Colossians 1:11Rank 3 from verse 3
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    11Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;

  4. Romans 8:28Rank 4 from verse 3
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    28And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

  5. 2 Corinthians 4:17Rank 5 from verse 3
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    17For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;

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James 1:3

COMBINED MEANING

knowing

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Sense 1: Perceiving, understanding, recognizing, or being acquainted with. Sense 2: Having knowledge or skill.

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your

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The possessive form of ye or you, ordinarily plural, marking what belongs to, concerns, proceeds from, or stands in relation to the persons addressed.

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faith

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Sense 1: The substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen; trust, confidence, belief, persuasion, or reliance. Sense 2: Faithfulness, fidelity, or trustworthiness. Sense 3: The revealed truth or gospel believed and kept.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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worketh

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Third-person singular present form of work, meaning to labour, act, operate, perform, make, produce, accomplish, or bring about.

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2My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;

3Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.

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4But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.

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