James 5:19
My brothers, if anyone of you strays from the truth, and if someone converts him,
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him;
In Context
18And he prayed again. And the heavens gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
Cross References
Isaiah 3:12As for my people, their oppressors have despoiled them, and women have ruled over them. My people, who call you blessed, the same are deceiving you and disrupting the path of your steps.
Ezekiel 34:16I will seek what had been lost. And I will lead back again what had been cast aside. And I will bind up what had been broken. And I will strengthen what had been infirm. And I will preserve what was fat and strong. And I will feed them on judgment.
Luke 22:32But I have prayed for you, so that your faith may not fail, and so that you, once converted, may confirm your brothers.”
1 Timothy 6:10For desire is the root of all evils. Some persons, hungering in this way, have strayed from the faith and have entangled themselves in many sorrows.
2 Timothy 2:18who have fallen away from the truth by saying that the resurrection is already complete. And so they have subverted the faith of certain persons.
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 →