James 5:16

16 Therefore, 1confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, 2that you may be healed. 3The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.[a]

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James 5:16 In-Context

14 Is anyone among you sick? 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.
15 And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.
16 Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.
17 Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the earth.
18 Then he prayed again, and heaven gave rain, and the earth bore its fruit.

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Cross References 3

  • 1. Acts 19:18
  • 2. Hebrews 12:13
  • 3. Genesis 18:23-32; Genesis 20:17; Numbers 11:2; 1 Kings 13:6; 1 Kings 17:22; 2 Kings 4:33; 2 Kings 19:15-20; 2 Kings 20:2-5; Job 42:8; Proverbs 15:29

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Or The effective prayer of a righteous person has great power
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