This study goes over the first half of verse 4. James writes, \"And let endurance have its perfect result.\"
\nWe are continuing down the chain saying that James started in verse 3. We see that endurance is not the end goal! There is so much more God wants to do in us. The goal is not a stronger form of endurance, but it has a job to do.
\nWe examine the structure of the sentence to see that James is not giving the next step in the chain (e.g. \"perfection\"), but rather shows that endurance has a product that it must yield. A better translation, then, would be \"And this endurance must yield/bring about a perfect product.\"
\nIn the next episode we are going to find out what that final step in the chain is. Until then, for more biblical studies, you can always check out my blog, In the Last Hour, or give my other podcast a listen: The Informal Reformers.
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