Verse 20
James 5:20
American Standard Version
20
let him know, that he who converteth a sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall cover 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.
AI translation from greek via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 5 Context
1
Come now, ye rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you.
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Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten.
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Your gold and your silver are rusted; and their rust shall be for a testimony against you, and shall...
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4
Behold, the hire of the laborers who mowed your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth o...
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5
Ye have lived delicately on the earth, and taken your pleasure; ye have nourished your hearts in a d...
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6
Ye have condemned, ye have killed the righteous [one]; he doth not resist you.
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7
Be patient therefore, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the...
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8
Be ye also patient; establish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord is at hand.
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9
Murmur not, brethren, one against another, that ye be not judged: behold, the judge standeth before...
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10
Take, brethren, for an example of suffering and of patience, the prophets who spake in the name of t...
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11
Behold, we call them blessed that endured: ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the e...
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12
But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by the heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any ot...
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13
Is any among you suffering? Let him pray. Is any cheerful? Let him sing praise.
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14
Is any among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anoint...
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and the prayer of faith shall save him that is sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have...
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16
Confess therefore your sins one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The sup...
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17
Elijah was a man of like passions with us, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain; and it ra...
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And he prayed again; and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
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My brethren, if any among you err from the truth, and one convert him;
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let him know, that he who converteth a sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death...