James 5:20
let him know that he that brings back a sinner from [the] error of his way shall save a soul from death and shall cover a multitude of sins.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
19My brethren, if any one among you err from the truth, and one bring him back,
Cross References
Proverbs 10:2Treasures of wickedness profit nothing; but righteousness delivereth from death.
Proverbs 11:4Wealth profiteth not in the day of wrath; but righteousness delivereth from death.
John 5:24Verily, verily, I say unto you, that he that hears my word, and believes him that has sent me, has life eternal, and does not come into judgment, but is passed out of death into life.
1 Corinthians 9:22I became to the weak, [as] weak, in order that I might gain the weak. To all I have become all things, in order that at all events I might save some.
Philemon 1:19*I* Paul have written [it] with mine own hand; *I* will repay [it]: that I say not to thee that thou owest even thine own self also to me.
James 5:19My brethren, if any one among you err from the truth, and one bring him back,
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 →