James 5:20
he ought to know that whoever causes a sinner to be converted from the error of his ways will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.
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In Context
19My brothers, if anyone of you strays from the truth, and if someone converts him,
Cross References
Proverbs 10:2Treasures of impiety will profit nothing. Truly, justice shall liberate from death.
Proverbs 11:4Wealth will not profit in the day of vengeance. But justice shall liberate from death.
John 5:24Amen, amen, I say to you, that whoever hears my word, and believes in him who sent me, has eternal life, and he does not go into judgment, but instead he crosses from death into life.
1 Corinthians 9:22To the weak, I became weak, so that I might gain the weak. To all, I became all, so that I might save all.
Philemon 1:19I, Paul, have written this with my own hand: I will repay. And I need not tell you, that you are also in debt yourself, to me.
James 5:19My brothers, if anyone of you strays from the truth, and if someone 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 →