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James 5:16 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" 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. "

James 5:16

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14 Is any among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the assembly, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord;

15 and the prayer of faith will heal him who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. If he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.

16 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.

17 Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain, and it didn’t rain on the earth for three years and six months.

18 He prayed again, and the sky gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit.

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"He who conceals his sins doesn’t prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy."

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"Humble yourself before you get sick. In the time of sins, repent."

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Job 33:26

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"He prays to God, and he is favorable to him, so that he sees his face with joy. He restores to man his righteousness."

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Nehemiah 1:6

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"let your ear now be attentive and your eyes open, that you may listen to the prayer of your servant which I pray before you at this time, day and night, for the children of Israel your servants, while I confess the sins of the children of Israel which we have sinned against you. Yes, I and my father’s house have sinned."

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James 5:1

"Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming on you."

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"Your riches are corrupted and your garments are moth-eaten."

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"Your gold and your silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be for a testimony against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up your treasure in the last days."

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"Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you have kept back by fraud, cry out; and the cries of those who reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Armies."

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"You have lived in luxury on the earth, and taken your pleasure. You have nourished your hearts as in a day of slaughter."

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"You have condemned and you have murdered the righteous one. He doesn’t resist you."

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