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James 5:16 KJV
James · chapter 5 · verse 16
Confess 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.James 5:16 · King James Version
James 5:16 in context
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.
18And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
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Cross references
- Jeremiah 29:12-13
- Proverbs 15:29
- Matthew 21:22
- Psalms 34:15
- John 9:31
- Jeremiah 33:3
- Psalms 145:18-19
- 1 Peter 2:24
Key words (Strong's)
- availethischyōto be strong, to be strong in body, to be robust, to be in sound health, to have power…G2480 →
- Confessexomologeōto confess, to profess, acknowledge openly and joyfully, to one s honour to celebrate…G1843 →
- ferventenergeōto be operative, be at work, put forth power, to work for one, aid one, to effect, to…G1754 →
- faultsparaptōmato fall beside or near something, a lapse or deviation from truth and uprightness, a sin…G3900 →
- healediaomaito cure, heal, to make whole, to free from errors and sins, to bring about salvationG2390 →
- prayerdeēsisneed, indigence, want, privation, penury, a seeking, asking, entreating, entreaty to God…G1162 →
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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