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James 5:15 — And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise…
“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.”
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The verses around James 5:15.
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.
Verse explanation
It continues the instruction about praying for the sick: the prayer of faith is tied to both physical healing and the forgiveness of sins, without clearly separating the two.
From the James 5 study in Bible in Stories.
James 5:15 in other versions
The same verse in the 4 Bible versions we have on the site.
- KJV · King James
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.
Read the chapter in this version → - ARC · Almeida 1911Português
E a oração da fé salvará o doente, e o Senhor o levantará; e, se houver commettido peccados, ser-lhe-hão perdoados.
Read the chapter in this version → - BLIVRE · Bíblia LivrePortuguês
E a oração da fé sarará o doente, e o Senhor o levantará; e se houver cometido pecados, lhe serão perdoados.
Read the chapter in this version → - VBL · Versión Biblia LibreEspañol
Porque tal oración, con fe, sanará a los enfermos, y el Señor los hará estar bien. Y si ha cometido pecados, le serán perdonados.
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In other languages: Português (Tiago 5:15) · Español (Santiago 5:15)
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