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

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

14 Is 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.

15 And 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.

16 Therefore 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.

17 Elijah 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.

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

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Verse 13

Cross-references

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

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Verse 14

Cross-references

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

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{Is} any one τις G5100 Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular of ἐν G1722 Preposition you ὑμῖν G4771 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Plural sick ἀσθενεῖ G770 Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular He should call προσκαλεσάσθω G4341 Verb - Aorist Imperative Middle - 3rd Person Singular the τοὺς G3588 Article - Accusative Masculine Plural elders πρεσβυτέρους G4245 Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural of the τῆς G3588 Article - Genitive Feminine Singular church ἐκκλησίας G1577 Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular - καὶ G2532 Conjunction to pray προσευξάσθωσαν G4336 Verb - Aorist Imperative Middle - 3rd Person Plural over ἐπ’ G1909 Preposition him αὐτὸν G846 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular and anoint ἀλείψαντες G218 Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural him αὐτὸν G846 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular with oil ἐλαίῳ G1637 Noun - Dative Neuter Singular in ἐν G1722 Preposition the τῷ G3588 Article - Dative Neuter Singular name ὀνόματι G3686 Noun - Dative Neuter Singular of the τοῦ G3588 Article - Genitive Masculine Singular Lord Κυρίου G2962 Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular

Verse 15

Cross-references

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

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And καὶ G2532 Conjunction the ἡ G3588 Article - Nominative Feminine Singular prayer offered εὐχὴ G2171 Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular - τῆς G3588 Article - Genitive Feminine Singular in faith πίστεως G4102 Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular will restore σώσει G4982 Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular the one who τὸν G3588 Article - Accusative Masculine Singular is sick κάμνοντα G2577 Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Masculine Singular - καὶ G2532 Conjunction The ὁ G3588 Article - Nominative Masculine Singular Lord Κύριος G2962 Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular will raise him up ἐγερεῖ G1453 Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular . . . αὐτὸν G846 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular If κἂν G2579 Conjunction he ᾖ G1510 Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular has sinned πεποιηκώς G4160 Verb - Perfect Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular . . . ἁμαρτίας G266 Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural he will be forgiven ἀφεθήσεται G863 Verb - Future Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular . . . αὐτῷ G846 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular

Verse 16

Cross-references

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

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Therefore οὖν G3767 Conjunction confess Ἐξομολογεῖσθε G1843 Verb - Present Imperative Middle - 2nd Person Plural [your] τὰς G3588 Article - Accusative Feminine Plural sins ἁμαρτίας G266 Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural to each other ἀλλήλοις G240 Personal / Reciprocal Pronoun - Dative Masculine Plural and καὶ G2532 Conjunction pray εὔχεσθε* G2172 Verb - Present Imperative Middle or Passive - 2nd Person Plural for ὑπὲρ G5228 Preposition each other ἀλλήλων G240 Personal / Reciprocal Pronoun - Genitive Masculine Plural so that ὅπως G3704 Conjunction you may be healed ἰαθῆτε G2390 Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Passive - 2nd Person Plural [The] prayer δέησις G1162 Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular of a righteous [man] δικαίου G1342 Adjective - Genitive Masculine Singular vvv πολὺ G4183 Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular has great power ἐνεργουμένη G1754 Verb - Present Participle Middle - Nominative Feminine Singular to prevail ἰσχύει G2480 Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular

Verse 17

Cross-references

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

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Elijah Ἠλίας G2243 Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular was ἦν G1510 Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular a man ἄνθρωπος G444 Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular just like ὁμοιοπαθὴς G3663 Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular us ἡμῖν G1473 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 1st Person Plural - καὶ G2532 Conjunction He prayed earnestly προσευχῇ G4335 Noun - Dative Feminine Singular . . . προσηύξατο G4336 Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular [that it would] not μὴ G3361 Adverb - τοῦ G3588 Article - Genitive Neuter Singular rain βρέξαι G1026 Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active and καὶ G2532 Conjunction vvv οὐκ G3756 Adverb it did not rain ἔβρεξεν G1026 Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular on ἐπὶ G1909 Preposition the τῆς G3588 Article - Genitive Feminine Singular land γῆς G1093 Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular for three τρεῖς G5140 Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural and καὶ G2532 Conjunction [a half] ἕξ G1803 Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural . . . μῆνας G3376 Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural years ἐνιαυτοὺς G1763 Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural

Verse 18

Cross-references

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

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vvv καὶ G2532 Conjunction Again πάλιν G3825 Adverb he prayed προσηύξατο G4336 Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular and καὶ G2532 Conjunction the ὁ G3588 Article - Nominative Masculine Singular heavens οὐρανὸς G3772 Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular gave ἔδωκεν G1325 Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular rain ὑετὸν G5205 Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular and καὶ G2532 Conjunction the ἡ G3588 Article - Nominative Feminine Singular earth γῆ G1093 Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular yielded ἐβλάστησεν G985 Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular its αὐτῆς G846 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Feminine 3rd Person Singular - τὸν G3588 Article - Accusative Masculine Singular crops καρπὸν G2590 Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular

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