Giacomo 5:15

15 e la preghiera della fede salverà il malato, e il Signore lo ristabilirà; e s’egli ha commesso dei peccati, gli saranno rimessi.

Giacomo 5:15 Meaning and Commentary

James 5:15

And the prayer of faith shall save the sick
That is, the prayer of the elders, being put up in faith by them, and in which the sick person joins by faith; such a prayer is a means of bringing down from God a blessing on the sick man, and of restoring him to his former health:

and the Lord shall raise him up;
from his bed of sickness, on which he is laid, and bring him forth to praise his name, and to fear and glorify him.

And if he have committed sins;
not that it is a question whether he has or not, for no man lives without sin, nor the commission of it; but the sense is, if he has been guilty of any sins, which God in particular has taken notice of, and on account of which he has laid his chastising hand upon him, in order to bring him to a sense of them, and to acknowledge them; which is sometimes the case, though not always, at the same time that his bodily health is restored:

they shall be forgiven him;
he shall have a discovery, and an application of pardoning grace to him: and indeed the removing the sickness or disease may be called the forgiveness of his sins, which is sometimes the sense of this phrase in Scripture, as in ( 1 Kings 8:34 1 Kings 8:36 1 Kings 8:50 ) .

Giacomo 5:15 In-Context

13 C’è fra voi qualcuno che soffre? Preghi. C’è qualcuno d’animo lieto? Salmeggi.

14 C’è qualcuno fra voi infermo? Chiami gli anziani della chiesa, e preghino essi su lui, ungendolo d’olio nel nome del Signore;

15 e la preghiera della fede salverà il malato, e il Signore lo ristabilirà; e s’egli ha commesso dei peccati, gli saranno rimessi.

16 Confessate dunque i falli gli uni agli altri, e pregate gli uni per gli altri onde siate guariti; molto può la supplicazione del giusto, fatta con efficacia.

17 Elia era un uomo sottoposto alle stesse passioni che noi, e pregò ardentemente che non piovesse, e non piovve sulla terra per tre anni e sei mesi.