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James 1:19-5:20
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19 [a](A)You know this, (B)my beloved brothers and sisters. Now everyone must be quick to hear, (C)slow to speak, and (D)slow to anger; 20 for a man’s (E)anger does not bring about the righteousness of God. 21 Therefore, (F)ridding yourselves of all filthiness and all [b]that remains of wickedness, in [c]humility receive (G)the word implanted, which is able to save your souls. 22 (H)But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not just hearers who deceive themselves. 23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his [d]natural face (I)in a mirror; 24 for once he has looked at himself and gone away, [e]he has immediately forgotten what kind of person he was. 25 But one who has looked intently at the perfect law, (J)the law of freedom, and has continued in it, not having become a forgetful hearer but [f]an active doer, this person will be (K)blessed in [g]what he does.

26 If anyone thinks himself to be religious, yet does not [h](L)bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this person’s religion is worthless. 27 Pure and undefiled religion (M)in the sight of our God and Father is this: to (N)visit (O)orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained [i]by (P)the world.

The Sin of Partiality

2 (Q)My brothers and sisters, (R)do not hold your faith in our (S)glorious Lord Jesus Christ with an attitude of (T)personal favoritism. 2 For if a man comes into your [j]assembly with a gold ring and is dressed in (U)bright clothes, and a poor man in (V)dirty clothes also comes in, 3 and you [k]pay special attention to the one who is wearing the (W)bright clothes, and say, “You sit here in a good place,” and you say to the poor man, “You stand over there, or sit down by my footstool,” 4 have you not made distinctions among yourselves, and become judges (X)with evil [l]motives? 5 Listen, (Y)my beloved brothers and sisters: did (Z)God not choose the poor [m]of this world to be (AA)rich in faith and (AB)heirs of the kingdom which He (AC)promised to those who love Him? 6 But you have dishonored the poor man. Is it not the rich who oppress you and [n]personally (AD)drag you into [o]court? 7 (AE)Do they not blaspheme the good name [p]by which you have been called?

8 If, however, you (AF)are fulfilling the [q]royal law according to the Scripture, “(AG)You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well. 9 But if you (AH)show partiality, you are committing sin and are convicted by the Law as violators. 10 For whoever keeps the whole Law, yet (AI)stumbles in one point, has become (AJ)guilty of all. 11 For He who said, “(AK)Do not commit adultery,” also said, “(AL)Do not murder.” Now if you do not commit adultery, but do murder, you have become a violator of the Law. 12 So speak, and so act, as those who are to be judged by (AM)the law of freedom. 13 For (AN)judgment will be merciless to one who has shown no mercy; mercy [r]triumphs over judgment.

Faith and Works

14 (AO)What use is it, (AP)my brothers and sisters, if someone says he has faith, but he has no works? Can [s]that faith save him? 15 (AQ)If a brother or sister is without clothing and in need of daily food, 16 and one of you says to them, “(AR)Go in peace, [t]be warmed and be filled,” yet you do not give them what is necessary for their body, what use is that? 17 In the same way, (AS)faith also, if it has no works, is [u]dead, being by itself.

18 (AT)But someone [v]may well say, “You have faith and I have works; show me your (AU)faith without the works, and I will (AV)show you my faith (AW)by my works.” 19 You believe that [w](AX)God is one. (AY)You do well; (AZ)the demons also believe, and shudder. 20 But are you willing to acknowledge, (BA)you foolish person, that (BB)faith without works is useless? 21 (BC)Was our father Abraham not justified by works when he offered up his son Isaac on the altar? 22 You see that (BD)faith was working with his works, and [x]as a result of the (BE)works, faith was [y]perfected; 23 and the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “(BF)And Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called a (BG)friend of God. 24 You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone. 25 In the same way, was (BH)Rahab the prostitute not justified by works also (BI)when she received the messengers and sent them out by another way? 26 For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also (BJ)faith without works is dead.

The Tongue Is a Fire

3 (BK)Do not become teachers in large numbers, (BL)my brothers, since you know that we who are teachers will incur a [z]stricter judgment. 2 For we all (BM)stumble in many ways. (BN)If anyone does not stumble in [aa]what he says, he is a (BO)perfect man, able to [ab](BP)rein in the whole body as well. 3 Now (BQ)if we put the bits into the horses’ mouths so that they will obey us, we direct their whole body as well. 4 Look at the ships too: though they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are nevertheless directed by a very small rudder wherever the inclination of the pilot determines. 5 So also the tongue is a small part of the body, and yet it (BR)boasts of great things.

(BS)See how great a forest is set aflame by such a small fire! 6 And (BT)the tongue is a fire, the very world of unrighteousness; the tongue is set among [ac]our body’s parts as that which (BU)defiles the whole body and sets on fire the course of our [ad]life, and is set on fire by [ae](BV)hell. 7 For every [af]species of beasts and birds, of reptiles and creatures of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by the human [ag]race. 8 But no one among mankind can tame the tongue; it is a restless evil, full of (BW)deadly poison. 9 With it we bless (BX)our Lord and Father, and with it we curse people, (BY)who have been made in the likeness of God; 10 from the same mouth come both blessing and cursing. My brothers and sisters, these things should not be this way. 11 Does a spring send out from the same opening both [ah]fresh and bitter water? 12 (BZ)Can a fig tree, my brothers and sisters, bear olives, or a vine bear figs? Nor can salt water produce [ai]fresh.

Wisdom from Above

13 Who among you is wise and understanding? (CA)Let him show by his (CB)good behavior his deeds in the gentleness of wisdom. 14 But if you have bitter (CC)jealousy and [aj]selfish ambition in your heart, do not be arrogant and so lie against (CD)the truth. 15 This wisdom is not that which comes down (CE)from above, but is (CF)earthly, [ak](CG)natural, (CH)demonic. 16 For where (CI)jealousy and [al]selfish ambition exist, [am]there is disorder and every evil thing. 17 But the wisdom (CJ)from above is first (CK)pure, then (CL)peace-loving, (CM)gentle, [an]reasonable, (CN)full of mercy and good fruits, [ao](CO)impartial, free of (CP)hypocrisy. 18 And the (CQ)fruit of righteousness is sown in peace [ap]by those who make peace.

Things to Avoid

4 [aq]What is the source of quarrels and (CR)conflicts among you? [ar]Is the source not your pleasures that wage (CS)war in [as]your body’s parts? 2 You lust and do not have, so you (CT)commit murder. And you are envious and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have because you do not ask. 3 You ask and (CU)do not receive, because you ask [at]with the wrong motives, so that you may spend what you request [au]on your pleasures. 4 You (CV)adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with (CW)the world is (CX)hostility toward God? (CY)Therefore whoever wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. 5 Or do you think that the Scripture (CZ)says to no purpose, “[av]He [aw]jealously desires (DA)the Spirit whom He has made to dwell in us”? 6 But (DB)He gives a greater grace. Therefore it says, “(DC)God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble.” 7 (DD)Submit therefore to God. But [ax](DE)resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 (DF)Come close to God and He will come close to you. (DG)Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and (DH)purify your hearts, you (DI)[ay]double-minded. 9 (DJ)Be miserable, and mourn, and weep; let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your joy into gloom. 10 (DK)Humble yourselves in the presence of the Lord, and He will exalt you.

11 (DL)Do not speak against one another, (DM)brothers and sisters. The one who speaks against a brother or sister, or (DN)judges his brother or sister, speaks against (DO)the law and judges the law; but if you judge the law, you are not (DP)a doer of the law but a judge of it. 12 There is only one (DQ)Lawgiver and Judge, the One who is (DR)able to save and to destroy; but (DS)who are you, [az]judging your neighbor?

13 (DT)Come now, you who say, “(DU)Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, and spend a year there and engage in business and make a profit.” 14 [ba]Yet you do not know [bb]what your life will be like tomorrow. (DV)For you are just a vapor that appears for a little while, and then vanishes away. 15 [bc]Instead, you ought to say, “(DW)If the Lord wills, we will live and also do this or that.” 16 But as it is, you boast in your [bd]arrogance; (DX)all such boasting is evil. 17 So (DY)for one who knows the [be]right thing to do and does not do it, for him it is sin.

Misuse of Riches

5 (DZ)Come now, (EA)you rich people, (EB)weep and howl for your miseries which are coming upon you. 2 (EC)Your riches have rotted and your garments have become moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and your silver have corroded, and their corrosion will [bf]serve as a testimony against you and will consume your flesh like fire. It is (ED)in the last days that you have stored up your treasure! 4 Behold, (EE)the pay of the laborers who mowed your fields, and which has been withheld by you, cries out against you; and (EF)the outcry of those who did the harvesting has reached the ears of (EG)the Lord [bg]of armies. 5 You have [bh](EH)lived for pleasure on the earth and lived luxuriously; you have [bi]fattened your hearts in (EI)a day of slaughter. 6 You have condemned and [bj](EJ)put to death (EK)the righteous person; he offers you no resistance.

Exhortation

7 Therefore be patient, (EL)brothers and sisters, (EM)until the coming of the Lord. (EN)The farmer waits for the precious produce of the soil, being patient about it, until [bk]it gets (EO)the early and late rains. 8 (EP)You too be patient; (EQ)strengthen your hearts, for (ER)the coming of the Lord is (ES)near. 9 (ET)Do not [bl]complain, (EU)brothers and sisters, against one another, so that you may not be judged; behold, (EV)the Judge is standing [bm](EW)right at the [bn]door. 10 As an example, (EX)brothers and sisters, of suffering and patience, take (EY)the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. 11 We count those (EZ)blessed who endured. You have heard of (FA)the [bo]endurance of Job and have seen (FB)the [bp]outcome of the Lord’s dealings, that (FC)the Lord is full of compassion and is merciful.

12 But above all, (FD)my brothers and sisters, (FE)do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or with any other oath; but [bq]your yes is to be yes, and your no, no, so that you do not fall under judgment.

13 Is anyone among you (FF)suffering? (FG)Then he must pray. Is anyone cheerful? He is to (FH)sing praises. 14 Is anyone among you sick? Then he must call for (FI)the elders of the church and they are to pray over him, [br](FJ)anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord; 15 and the (FK)prayer of faith will [bs](FL)restore the one who is sick, and the Lord will (FM)raise him up, and if he has committed sins, [bt]they will be forgiven him. 16 Therefore, (FN)confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another so that you may be (FO)healed. (FP)A [bu]prayer of a righteous person, when it is [bv]brought about, can accomplish much. 17 Elijah was (FQ)a man with a nature like ours, and (FR)he prayed [bw]earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the earth for (FS)three years and six months. 18 Then he (FT)prayed again, and (FU)the sky [bx]poured rain and the earth produced its fruit.

19 My brothers and sisters, (FV)if anyone among you strays from (FW)the truth and someone turns him back, 20 let him know that the one who has turned a sinner from the error of his way will (FX)save his soul from death and (FY)cover a multitude of sins.

Footnotes

  1. James 1:19 Or Know this
  2. James 1:21 Lit abundance of malice
  3. James 1:21 Or gentleness
  4. James 1:23 Lit the face of his birth; or nature
  5. James 1:24 Lit and he
  6. James 1:25 Lit a doer of a work
  7. James 1:25 Lit his doing
  8. James 1:26 Or control
  9. James 1:27 Lit from
  10. James 2:2 Or synagogue
  11. James 2:3 Lit look at
  12. James 2:4 Lit reasonings
  13. James 2:5 Lit to the
  14. James 2:6 Lit they themselves
  15. James 2:6 Lit courts
  16. James 2:7 Lit which has been called upon you
  17. James 2:8 Or law of our King
  18. James 2:13 Lit boasts against
  19. James 2:14 Lit the
  20. James 2:16 Or warm yourselves and fill yourselves
  21. James 2:17 Or dead by its own standards
  22. James 2:18 Lit will
  23. James 2:19 One early ms there is one God
  24. James 2:22 Or by the deeds
  25. James 2:22 Or completed
  26. James 3:1 Or greater condemnation; i.e., for erroneous doctrine
  27. James 3:2 Lit word
  28. James 3:2 Or hold in check
  29. James 3:6 Lit our parts
  30. James 3:6 Or existence, origin
  31. James 3:6 Gr Gehenna
  32. James 3:7 Lit nature
  33. James 3:7 Lit nature
  34. James 3:11 Lit sweet
  35. James 3:12 Lit sweet
  36. James 3:14 Or strife
  37. James 3:15 Or unspiritual
  38. James 3:16 Or strife
  39. James 3:16 I.e., in that place
  40. James 3:17 Or willing to yield
  41. James 3:17 Or unwavering
  42. James 3:18 Or for
  43. James 4:1 Lit From where wars and from where fightings
  44. James 4:1 Lit Are they not from here, from your
  45. James 4:1 Lit your parts
  46. James 4:3 Lit wrongly
  47. James 4:3 Lit in
  48. James 4:5 Or The spirit which He has made to dwell in us lusts with envy
  49. James 4:5 Lit desires to jealousy
  50. James 4:7 Or oppose
  51. James 4:8 I.e., chronic doubters
  52. James 4:12 Lit the one judging
  53. James 4:14 Lit Who do not
  54. James 4:14 Or what will happen tomorrow. What kind of life is yours?
  55. James 4:15 Lit Instead of your saying
  56. James 4:16 Or pretensions
  57. James 4:17 Or good
  58. James 5:3 Lit be for
  59. James 5:4 Gr sabaoth, for Heb tsebaoth
  60. James 5:5 Or led a life of self-indulgence
  61. James 5:5 Lit nourished
  62. James 5:6 Or murdered
  63. James 5:7 Or he
  64. James 5:9 Lit groan
  65. James 5:9 Lit before
  66. James 5:9 Lit doors
  67. James 5:11 Or steadfastness
  68. James 5:11 Lit end of the Lord
  69. James 5:12 Lit yours is to be yes, yes, and no, no
  70. James 5:14 Lit having anointed
  71. James 5:15 Lit save
  72. James 5:15 Lit it
  73. James 5:16 Or supplication
  74. James 5:16 I.e., granted by God
  75. James 5:17 Lit with prayer
  76. James 5:18 Lit gave
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James 1:19-5:20
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Listening and Doing

19 My dear brothers and sisters,(A) take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak(B) and slow to become angry, 20 because human anger(C) does not produce the righteousness that God desires. 21 Therefore, get rid of(D) all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you,(E) which can save you.

22 Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.(F) 23 Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror 24 and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. 25 But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom,(G) and continues in it—not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it—they will be blessed in what they do.(H)

26 Those who consider themselves religious and yet do not keep a tight rein on their tongues(I) deceive themselves, and their religion is worthless. 27 Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after(J) orphans and widows(K) in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.(L)

Favoritism Forbidden

2 My brothers and sisters, believers in our glorious(M) Lord Jesus Christ must not show favoritism.(N) 2 Suppose a man comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and fine clothes, and a poor man in filthy old clothes also comes in. 3 If you show special attention to the man wearing fine clothes and say, “Here’s a good seat for you,” but say to the poor man, “You stand there” or “Sit on the floor by my feet,” 4 have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges(O) with evil thoughts?

5 Listen, my dear brothers and sisters:(P) Has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world(Q) to be rich in faith(R) and to inherit the kingdom(S) he promised those who love him?(T) 6 But you have dishonored the poor.(U) Is it not the rich who are exploiting you? Are they not the ones who are dragging you into court?(V) 7 Are they not the ones who are blaspheming the noble name of him to whom you belong?

8 If you really keep the royal law found in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,”[a](W) you are doing right. 9 But if you show favoritism,(X) you sin and are convicted by the law as lawbreakers.(Y) 10 For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles(Z) at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it.(AA) 11 For he who said, “You shall not commit adultery,”[b](AB) also said, “You shall not murder.”[c](AC) If you do not commit adultery but do commit murder, you have become a lawbreaker.

12 Speak and act as those who are going to be judged(AD) by the law that gives freedom,(AE) 13 because judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful.(AF) Mercy triumphs over judgment.

Faith and Deeds

14 What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds?(AG) Can such faith save them? 15 Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food.(AH) 16 If one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,” but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it?(AI) 17 In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.(AJ)

18 But someone will say, “You have faith; I have deeds.”

Show me your faith without deeds,(AK) and I will show you my faith(AL) by my deeds.(AM) 19 You believe that there is one God.(AN) Good! Even the demons believe that(AO)—and shudder.

20 You foolish person, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is useless[d]?(AP) 21 Was not our father Abraham considered righteous for what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?(AQ) 22 You see that his faith and his actions were working together,(AR) and his faith was made complete by what he did.(AS) 23 And the scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,”[e](AT) and he was called God’s friend.(AU) 24 You see that a person is considered righteous by what they do and not by faith alone.

25 In the same way, was not even Rahab the prostitute considered righteous for what she did when she gave lodging to the spies and sent them off in a different direction?(AV) 26 As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.(AW)

Taming the Tongue

3 Not many of you should become teachers,(AX) my fellow believers, because you know that we who teach will be judged(AY) more strictly.(AZ) 2 We all stumble(BA) in many ways. Anyone who is never at fault in what they say(BB) is perfect,(BC) able to keep their whole body in check.(BD)

3 When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can turn the whole animal.(BE) 4 Or take ships as an example. Although they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are steered by a very small rudder wherever the pilot wants to go. 5 Likewise, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts.(BF) Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark. 6 The tongue also is a fire,(BG) a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole body,(BH) sets the whole course of one’s life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.(BI)

7 All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles and sea creatures are being tamed and have been tamed by mankind, 8 but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.(BJ)

9 With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse human beings, who have been made in God’s likeness.(BK) 10 Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers and sisters, this should not be. 11 Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring? 12 My brothers and sisters, can a fig tree bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs?(BL) Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water.

Two Kinds of Wisdom

13 Who is wise and understanding among you? Let them show it(BM) by their good life, by deeds(BN) done in the humility that comes from wisdom. 14 But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition(BO) in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth.(BP) 15 Such “wisdom” does not come down from heaven(BQ) but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.(BR) 16 For where you have envy and selfish ambition,(BS) there you find disorder and every evil practice.

17 But the wisdom that comes from heaven(BT) is first of all pure; then peace-loving,(BU) considerate, submissive, full of mercy(BV) and good fruit, impartial and sincere.(BW) 18 Peacemakers(BX) who sow in peace reap a harvest of righteousness.(BY)

Submit Yourselves to God

4 What causes fights and quarrels(BZ) among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle(CA) within you? 2 You desire but do not have, so you kill.(CB) You covet but you cannot get what you want, so you quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask God. 3 When you ask, you do not receive,(CC) because you ask with wrong motives,(CD) that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.

4 You adulterous(CE) people,[f] don’t you know that friendship with the world(CF) means enmity against God?(CG) Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.(CH) 5 Or do you think Scripture says without reason that he jealously longs for the spirit he has caused to dwell in us[g]?(CI) 6 But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says:

“God opposes the proud
    but shows favor to the humble.”[h](CJ)

7 Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil,(CK) and he will flee from you. 8 Come near to God and he will come near to you.(CL) Wash your hands,(CM) you sinners, and purify your hearts,(CN) you double-minded.(CO) 9 Grieve, mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom.(CP) 10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.(CQ)

11 Brothers and sisters, do not slander one another.(CR) Anyone who speaks against a brother or sister[i] or judges them(CS) speaks against the law(CT) and judges it. When you judge the law, you are not keeping it,(CU) but sitting in judgment on it. 12 There is only one Lawgiver and Judge,(CV) the one who is able to save and destroy.(CW) But you—who are you to judge your neighbor?(CX)

Boasting About Tomorrow

13 Now listen,(CY) you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.”(CZ) 14 Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.(DA) 15 Instead, you ought to say, “If it is the Lord’s will,(DB) we will live and do this or that.” 16 As it is, you boast in your arrogant schemes. All such boasting is evil.(DC) 17 If anyone, then, knows the good they ought to do and doesn’t do it, it is sin for them.(DD)

Warning to Rich Oppressors

5 Now listen,(DE) you rich people,(DF) weep and wail(DG) because of the misery that is coming on you. 2 Your wealth has rotted, and moths have eaten your clothes.(DH) 3 Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and eat your flesh like fire. You have hoarded wealth in the last days.(DI) 4 Look! The wages you failed to pay the workers(DJ) who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries(DK) of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty.(DL) 5 You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened yourselves(DM) in the day of slaughter.[j](DN) 6 You have condemned and murdered(DO) the innocent one,(DP) who was not opposing you.

Patience in Suffering

7 Be patient, then, brothers and sisters, until the Lord’s coming.(DQ) See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable crop, patiently waiting(DR) for the autumn and spring rains.(DS) 8 You too, be patient and stand firm, because the Lord’s coming(DT) is near.(DU) 9 Don’t grumble against one another, brothers and sisters,(DV) or you will be judged. The Judge(DW) is standing at the door!(DX)

10 Brothers and sisters, as an example of patience in the face of suffering, take the prophets(DY) who spoke in the name of the Lord. 11 As you know, we count as blessed(DZ) those who have persevered. You have heard of Job’s perseverance(EA) and have seen what the Lord finally brought about.(EB) The Lord is full of compassion and mercy.(EC)

12 Above all, my brothers and sisters, do not swear—not by heaven or by earth or by anything else. All you need to say is a simple “Yes” or “No.” Otherwise you will be condemned.(ED)

The Prayer of Faith

13 Is anyone among you in trouble? Let them pray.(EE) Is anyone happy? Let them sing songs of praise.(EF) 14 Is anyone among you sick? Let them call the elders(EG) of the church to pray over them and anoint them with oil(EH) in the name of the Lord. 15 And the prayer offered in faith(EI) will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise them up. If they have sinned, they will be forgiven. 16 Therefore confess your sins(EJ) to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed.(EK) The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.(EL)

17 Elijah was a human being, even as we are.(EM) He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years.(EN) 18 Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth produced its crops.(EO)

19 My brothers and sisters, if one of you should wander from the truth(EP) and someone should bring that person back,(EQ) 20 remember this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of their way will save(ER) them from death and cover over a multitude of sins.(ES)

Footnotes

  1. James 2:8 Lev. 19:18
  2. James 2:11 Exodus 20:14; Deut. 5:18
  3. James 2:11 Exodus 20:13; Deut. 5:17
  4. James 2:20 Some early manuscripts dead
  5. James 2:23 Gen. 15:6
  6. James 4:4 An allusion to covenant unfaithfulness; see Hosea 3:1.
  7. James 4:5 Or that the spirit he caused to dwell in us envies intensely; or that the Spirit he caused to dwell in us longs jealously
  8. James 4:6 Prov. 3:34
  9. James 4:11 The Greek word for brother or sister (adelphos) refers here to a believer, whether man or woman, as part of God’s family.
  10. James 5:5 Or yourselves as in a day of feasting
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