Verse 20
James 5:20
New King James Version
20
Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.
Original Language Text
greek
⸀γινωσκέτω ὅτι ὁ ἐπιστρέψας ἁμαρτωλὸν ἐκ πλάνης ὁδοῦ αὐτοῦ σώσει ψυχὴν ⸀αὐτοῦ ἐκ θανάτου καὶ καλύψει πλῆθος ἁμαρτιῶν.
English Translation
Let him know that the one who turns a sinner from his wandering way will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.
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Chapter 5 Context
1
Go to now,
ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon
you.
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2
Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
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3
Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat...
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4
Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fra...
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5
Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day...
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6
Ye have condemned
and killed the just;
and he doth not resist you.
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7
Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the...
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8
Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
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9
Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before th...
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10
Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of sufferin...
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11
Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the en...
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12
But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by an...
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13
Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.
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14
Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anoint...
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15
And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committ...
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16
Confess
your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual f...
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17
Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain:...
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18
And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
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19
Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him;
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20
Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from d...