James 5:20
let him know that he who converts a sinful man from his wandering way, will save a soul from death, and will hide a multitude of sins.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
19Brothers, if any man among you may be led astray from the truth, and some man converts him,
Cross References
Proverbs 10:2Treasures of wickedness profit nothing, but righteousness delivers from death.
Proverbs 11:4Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.
John 5:24Truly, truly, I say to you, that he who hears my word, and believes him who sent me, has eternal life. And he does not come into condemnation, but has passed from death into life.
1 Corinthians 9:22To the weak I became as weak, so that I might gain the weak. I have become all things to all men, so that by all means I might save some.
Philemon 1:19I Paul write with my hand, I will repay, so that I may not say to thee that thou owe me in return even thyself.
James 5:19Brothers, if any man among you may be led astray from the truth, and some man converts him,
Matthew Henry on James 5:13-20
Caution against Swearing; Profaneness Condemned; Confession and Prayer; Efficacy of Prayer. ( a. d. 61.) 12 But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation. 13 Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms. 14 Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the… Read the whole commentary →