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James 5:15 KJV
James · chapter 5 · verse 15
And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.James 5:15 · King James Version
James 5:15 in context
13Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.
14Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
15And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
16Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
17Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.
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Key words (Strong's)
- committedpoieōto make, with the names of things made, to produce, construct, form, fashion, etc., to be…G4160 →
- forgivenaphiēmito send away, to bid going away or depart, of a husband divorcing his wife, to send…G863 →
- prayereuchēa prayer to God, a vowG2171 →
- faithpistisconviction of the truth of anything, belief in the NT of a conviction or belief…G4102 →
- raiseegeirōto arouse, cause to rise, to arouse from sleep, to awake, to arouse from the sleep of…G1453 →
- savesōzōto save, keep safe and sound, to rescue from danger or destruction, one , to save a…G4982 →
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This epistle now drawing to a close, the penman goes off very quickly from one thing to another: hence it is that matters so very different are insisted on in these few verses. I. The sin of swearing is cautioned against: But above all things, my brethren, swear not, etc., Jam 5:12.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 12-20