Verse 16
James 5:16
World English Bible, British Edition
16
Confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you
may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective.
Original Language Text
greek
ἐξομολογεῖσθε ⸀οὖν ἀλλήλοις ⸂τὰς ἁμαρτίας⸃ καὶ ⸀εὔχεσθε ὑπὲρ ἀλλήλων, ὅπως ἰαθῆτε. πολὺ ἰσχύει δέησις δικαίου ἐνεργουμένη.
English Translation
Confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.
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Chapter 5 Context
1
Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming on you.
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2
Your riches are corrupted and your garments are moth-eaten.
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3
Your gold and your silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be for
a testimony against you and...
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4
Behold, the wages of the labourers who mowed your fields, which you have
kept back by fraud, cry out...
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5
You have lived in luxury on the earth, and taken your pleasure. You have
nourished your hearts as in...
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6
You have condemned and you have murdered the righteous one. He doesn’t
resist you.
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7
Be patient therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold,
the farmer waits for the preci...
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8
You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord
is at hand.
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9
Don’t grumble, brothers, against one another, so that you won’t
be judged. Behold, the judge stands...
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10
Take, brothers, for an example of suffering and of perseverance, the
prophets who spoke in the name...
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11
Behold, we call them blessed who endured. You have heard of the perseverance
of Job and have seen th...
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12
But above all things, my brothers, don’t swear— not by heaven,
or by the earth, or by any other oath...
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13
Is any amongst you suffering? Let him pray. Is any cheerful?
Let him sing praises.
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14
Is any amongst you sick? Let him call for the elders of the assembly,
and let them pray over him, an...
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15
and the prayer of faith will heal him who is sick, and the Lord will
raise him up. If he has committ...
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16
Confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you
may be healed. The insistent pra...
17
Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that
it might not rain, and it did...
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18
He prayed again, and the sky gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit.
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19
Brothers, if any amongst you wanders from the truth and someone
turns him back,
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20
let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will
save a soul from death and wi...
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