Focused Passage

James 5:13-18

Warning, Patience, Prayer, and Restoration

James moves from prophetic warning against oppressive wealth, to patient endurance until the Lord’s coming, to truthful speech, to prayer in every circumstance, to confession and healing in the community, and finally to restoring those who wander from the truth.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

13Is any one of you suffering? He should pray. Is anyone cheerful? He should sing praises.

14Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord.

15And the prayer offered in faith will restore the one who is sick. The Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven.

16Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.

17Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years.

18Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth yielded its crops.

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Verse 13

Cross-references

Psalms 50:15Classic cross-references James 5:15Classic cross-references Jonah 2:2Classic cross-references Ephesians 5:19Classic cross-references Acts 16:24Classic cross-references

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Verse 14

Cross-references

Mark 16:18Classic cross-references Matthew 18:19Classic cross-references Mark 6:13Classic cross-references 2 Kings 20:5Classic cross-references 1 Corinthians 12:9Classic cross-references

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{Is} any oneτιςG5100Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine SingularofἐνG1722PrepositionyouὑμῖνG4771Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person PluralsickἀσθενεῖG770Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularHe should callπροσκαλεσάσθωG4341Verb - Aorist Imperative Middle - 3rd Person SingulartheτοὺςG3588Article - Accusative Masculine PluraleldersπρεσβυτέρουςG4245Adjective - Accusative Masculine Pluralof theτῆςG3588Article - Genitive Feminine SingularchurchἐκκλησίαςG1577Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular-καὶG2532Conjunctionto prayπροσευξάσθωσανG4336Verb - Aorist Imperative Middle - 3rd Person Pluraloverἐπ’G1909PrepositionhimαὐτὸνG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singularand anointἀλείψαντεςG218Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine PluralhimαὐτὸνG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singularwith oilἐλαίῳG1637Noun - Dative Neuter SingularinἐνG1722PrepositiontheτῷG3588Article - Dative Neuter SingularnameὀνόματιG3686Noun - Dative Neuter Singularof theτοῦG3588Article - Genitive Masculine SingularLordΚυρίουG2962Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular

Verse 15

Cross-references

Luke 11:9Classic cross-references Mark 11:24Classic cross-references Matthew 7:7Classic cross-references 1 John 5:14Classic cross-references James 5:13Classic cross-references

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AndκαὶG2532ConjunctiontheἡG3588Article - Nominative Feminine Singularprayer offeredεὐχὴG2171Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular-τῆςG3588Article - Genitive Feminine Singularin faithπίστεωςG4102Noun - Genitive Feminine Singularwill restoreσώσειG4982Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singularthe one whoτὸνG3588Article - Accusative Masculine Singularis sickκάμνονταG2577Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Masculine Singular-καὶG2532ConjunctionTheὁG3588Article - Nominative Masculine SingularLordΚύριοςG2962Noun - Nominative Masculine Singularwill raise him upἐγερεῖG1453Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular. . .αὐτὸνG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person SingularIfκἂνG2579ConjunctionheᾖG1510Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singularhas sinnedπεποιηκώςG4160Verb - Perfect Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular. . .ἁμαρτίαςG266Noun - Accusative Feminine Pluralhe will be forgivenἀφεθήσεταιG863Verb - Future Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular. . .αὐτῷG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular

Verse 16

Cross-references

Jeremiah 29:12Classic cross-references Proverbs 15:29Classic cross-references Matthew 21:22Classic cross-references Psalms 34:15Classic cross-references John 9:31Classic cross-references

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ThereforeοὖνG3767ConjunctionconfessἘξομολογεῖσθεG1843Verb - Present Imperative Middle - 2nd Person Plural[your]τὰςG3588Article - Accusative Feminine PluralsinsἁμαρτίαςG266Noun - Accusative Feminine Pluralto each otherἀλλήλοιςG240Personal / Reciprocal Pronoun - Dative Masculine PluralandκαὶG2532Conjunctionprayεὔχεσθε*G2172Verb - Present Imperative Middle or Passive - 2nd Person PluralforὑπὲρG5228Prepositioneach otherἀλλήλωνG240Personal / Reciprocal Pronoun - Genitive Masculine Pluralso thatὅπωςG3704Conjunctionyou may be healedἰαθῆτεG2390Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Passive - 2nd Person Plural[The] prayerδέησιςG1162Noun - Nominative Feminine Singularof a righteous [man]δικαίουG1342Adjective - Genitive Masculine SingularvvvπολὺG4183Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singularhas great powerἐνεργουμένηG1754Verb - Present Participle Middle - Nominative Feminine Singularto prevailἰσχύειG2480Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular

Verse 17

Cross-references

1 Kings 17:1Classic cross-references Luke 4:25Classic cross-references 1 Kings 18:1Classic cross-references Revelation 11:6Classic cross-references Acts 14:15Classic cross-references

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ElijahἨλίαςG2243Noun - Nominative Masculine SingularwasἦνG1510Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singulara manἄνθρωποςG444Noun - Nominative Masculine Singularjust likeὁμοιοπαθὴςG3663Adjective - Nominative Masculine SingularusἡμῖνG1473Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 1st Person Plural-καὶG2532ConjunctionHe prayed earnestlyπροσευχῇG4335Noun - Dative Feminine Singular. . .προσηύξατοG4336Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular[that it would] notμὴG3361Adverb-τοῦG3588Article - Genitive Neuter SingularrainβρέξαιG1026Verb - Aorist Infinitive ActiveandκαὶG2532ConjunctionvvvοὐκG3756Adverbit did not rainἔβρεξενG1026Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularonἐπὶG1909PrepositiontheτῆςG3588Article - Genitive Feminine SingularlandγῆςG1093Noun - Genitive Feminine Singularfor threeτρεῖςG5140Adjective - Accusative Masculine PluralandκαὶG2532Conjunction[a half]ἕξG1803Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural. . .μῆναςG3376Noun - Accusative Masculine PluralyearsἐνιαυτοὺςG1763Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural

Verse 18

Cross-references

1 Kings 18:42Classic cross-references Jeremiah 14:22Classic cross-references Job 38:34Classic cross-references

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vvvκαὶG2532ConjunctionAgainπάλινG3825Adverbhe prayedπροσηύξατοG4336Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person SingularandκαὶG2532ConjunctiontheὁG3588Article - Nominative Masculine SingularheavensοὐρανὸςG3772Noun - Nominative Masculine SingulargaveἔδωκενG1325Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularrainὑετὸνG5205Noun - Accusative Masculine SingularandκαὶG2532ConjunctiontheἡG3588Article - Nominative Feminine SingularearthγῆG1093Noun - Nominative Feminine SingularyieldedἐβλάστησενG985Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularitsαὐτῆςG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Feminine 3rd Person Singular-τὸνG3588Article - Accusative Masculine SingularcropsκαρπὸνG2590Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular

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