James 5
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James 5:16-18

16ThereforeG3767, 1confessG1843 your sinsG266 to oneG240 anotherG240, and prayG4336 for oneG240 anotherG240 soG3704 thatG3704 you may be 2healedG2390. 3A 4prayerG1162 of a righteousG1342 personG1342, when it is 5broughtG1754 aboutG1754, canG2480 accomplishG1754 muchG4183. 17ElijahG2243 was 6a manG444 with a natureG3663 likeG3663 oursG1473, and 7he prayedG4336 8earnestlyG4335 that it would not rainG1026, and it did not rainG1026 on the earthG1093 for 9threeG5140 yearsG1763 and sixG1803 monthsG3376. 18ThenG2532 he 10prayedG4336 againG3825, and 11the skyG3772 12pouredG1325 rainG5205 and the earthG1093 producedG985 its fruitG2590.

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Notes

  1. 1. James 5:16 Matt 3:6; Mark 1:5; Acts 19:18 ↩
  2. 2. James 5:16 Heb 12:13; 1 Pet 2:24 ↩
  3. 3. James 5:16 Gen 18:23-32; John 9:31 ↩
  4. 4. James 5:16 Or supplication ↩
  5. 5. James 5:16 I.e., granted by God ↩
  6. 6. James 5:17 Acts 14:15 ↩
  7. 7. James 5:17 1 Kin 17:1; 18:1 ↩
  8. 8. James 5:17 Lit with prayer ↩
  9. 9. James 5:17 Luke 4:25 ↩
  10. 10. James 5:18 1 Kin 18:42 ↩
  11. 11. James 5:18 1 Kin 18:45 ↩
  12. 12. James 5:18 Lit gave ↩

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