James 5:16 “Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so t…”

James 5:16

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

World English Bible

Confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective.

American Standard Version

Confess therefore your sins one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The supplication of a righteous man availeth much in its working.

Geneva Bible 1599

Acknowledge your faultes one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed: for the prayer of a righteous man auaileth much, if it be feruent.

Darby Translation

Confess therefore your offences to one another, and pray for one another, that ye may be healed. [The] fervent supplication of the righteous [man] has much power.

Young's Literal Translation

Be confessing to one another the trespasses, and be praying for one another, that ye may be healed; very strong is a working supplication of a righteous man;

Bible in Basic English

So then, make a statement of your sins to one another, and say prayers for one another so that you may be made well. The prayer of a good man is full of power in its working.

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Cross references

“Confess”

Acts 19:18 Matthew 3:6 Matthew 18:15–17 2 Samuel 19:19 Genesis 41:9 Genesis 41:10

Acts 19:18 · BSB

Many who had believed now came forward, confessing and disclosing their deeds.

Matthew 3:6 · BSB

Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.

Matthew 18:15–17 · BSB

If your brother sins against you, go and confront him privately. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over.

2 Samuel 19:19 · BSB

and said, “My lord, do not hold me guilty, and do not remember your servant’s wrongdoing on the day my lord the king left Jerusalem. May the king not take it to heart.

Genesis 41:9 · BSB

Then the chief cupbearer said to Pharaoh, “Today I recall my failures.

Genesis 41:10 · BSB

Pharaoh was once angry with his servants, and he put me and the chief baker in the custody of the captain of the guard.

“pray”

1 Thessalonians 5:17 1 Thessalonians 5:25 Hebrews 13:18 1 Thessalonians 5:23 Colossians 1:9

1 Thessalonians 5:17 · BSB

Pray without ceasing.

1 Thessalonians 5:25 · BSB

Brothers, pray for us as well.

Hebrews 13:18 · BSB

Pray for us; we are convinced that we have a clear conscience and desire to live honorably in every way.

1 Thessalonians 5:23 · BSB

Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely, and may your entire spirit, soul, and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Colossians 1:9 · BSB

For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

“that”

Genesis 20:17 2 Chronicles 30:20 Acts 10:38 Luke 9:6

Genesis 20:17 · BSB

Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his maidservants, so that they could again bear children—

2 Chronicles 30:20 · BSB

And the LORD heard Hezekiah and healed the people.

Acts 10:38 · BSB

how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how Jesus went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with Him.

Luke 9:6 · BSB

So they set out and went from village to village, preaching the gospel and healing people everywhere.

“The effectual”

Proverbs 15:29 Matthew 21:22 Psalm 34:15 John 9:31 Jeremiah 33:3 Matthew 7:7–11

Proverbs 15:29 · BSB

The LORD is far from the wicked, but He hears the prayer of the righteous.

Matthew 21:22 · BSB

If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”

Psalm 34:15 · BSB

The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their cry.

John 9:31 · BSB

We know that God does not listen to sinners, but He does listen to the one who worships Him and does His will.

Jeremiah 33:3 · BSB

Call to Me, and I will answer and show you great and unsearchable things you do not know.

Matthew 7:7–11 · BSB

Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.

“a righteous”

Romans 3:10 Hebrews 11:7 Romans 5:19 Hebrews 11:4

Romans 3:10 · BSB

As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one.

Hebrews 11:7 · BSB

By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.

Romans 5:19 · BSB

For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.

Hebrews 11:4 · BSB

By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was commended as righteous when God gave approval to his gifts. And by faith he still speaks, even though he is dead.

Also

1 Peter 2:24 Hebrews 12:13

1 Peter 2:24 · BSB

He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”

Hebrews 12:13 · BSB

Make straight paths for your feet, so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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.

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.

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