James 5
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New American Standard Bible 1995

James 5:13-16

13Is anyoneG5100 amongG1722 you 1sufferingG2553? 2Then he must prayG4336. Is anyoneG5100 cheerfulG2114? He is to 3singG5567 praisesG5567.

14Is anyoneG5100 amongG1722 you sickG770? Then he must callG4341 for 4the eldersG4245 of the churchG1577 and they are to prayG4336 overG1909 him, 56anointingG218 him with oilG1637 in the nameG3686 of the LordG2962;

15and the 7prayerG2171 8offered in faithG4102 will 910restoreG4982 the one who is sickG2577, and the LordG2962 will 11raiseG1453 him up, and ifG2579 he has committedG4160 sinsG266, 12they will be forgivenG863 him.

16ThereforeG3767, 13confessG1843 your sinsG266 to oneG240 anotherG240, and prayG4336 for oneG240 anotherG240 soG3704 that you may be 14healedG2390. 15The effectiveG1754 16prayerG1162 of a righteousG1342 manG1342 canG2480 accomplishG1754 muchG4183.

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Notes

  1. 1. James 5:13 James 5:10 ↩
  2. 2. James 5:13 Ps 50:15 ↩
  3. 3. James 5:13 1 Cor 14:15; Col 3:16 ↩
  4. 4. James 5:14 Acts 11:30 ↩
  5. 5. James 5:14 Lit having anointed ↩
  6. 6. James 5:14 Mark 6:13; 16:18 ↩
  7. 7. James 5:15 James 1:6 ↩
  8. 8. James 5:15 Lit of ↩
  9. 9. James 5:15 Or save ↩
  10. 10. James 5:15 1 Cor 1:21; James 5:20 ↩
  11. 11. James 5:15 John 6:39; 2 Cor 4:14 ↩
  12. 12. James 5:15 Lit it ↩
  13. 13. James 5:16 Matt 3:6; Mark 1:5; Acts 19:18 ↩
  14. 14. James 5:16 Heb 12:13; 1 Pet 2:24 ↩
  15. 15. James 5:16 Gen 18:23-32; John 9:31 ↩
  16. 16. James 5:16 Lit supplication ↩

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