James 5:20
He must know that he who causeth a sinner to be converted from the error of his way, shall save his soul from death, and shall cover a multitude of sins.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
19My brethren, if any of you err from the truth, and one convert him:
Cross References
Proverbs 10:2Treasures of wickedness shall profit nothing: but justice shall deliver from death.
Proverbs 11:4Riches shall not profit in the day of revenge: but justice shall deliver from death.
John 5:24Amen, amen I say unto you, that he who heareth my word, and believeth him that sent me, hath life everlasting; and cometh not into judgment, but is passed from death to life.
1 Corinthians 9:22To the weak I became weak, that I might gain the weak. I became all things to all men, that I might save all.
Philemon 1:19I Paul have written it with my own hand: I will repay it: not to say to thee, that thou owest me thy own self also.
James 5:19My brethren, if any of you err from the truth, and one convert 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 →