James 5:19
Brothers, if anyone among you may go astray from the truth, and anyone may turn him back,
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him;
In Context
18and again he prayed, and the sky gave rain, and the land brought forth her fruit.
Cross References
Psalms 119:118You have trodden down || All going astray from Your statutes, || For their deceit [is] falsehood.
Isaiah 3:12My people—its exactors [are] sucklings, || And women have ruled over it. My people—your eulogists are causing to err, || And the way of your paths swallowed up.
Ezekiel 34:16I seek the lost, and bring back the driven away, || And I bind up the broken, and I strengthen the sick, || And I destroy the fat and the strong, || I feed it with judgment.
Luke 22:32and I implored for you that your faith may not fail; and you, when you turned, strengthen your brothers.”
1 Timothy 6:10for the love of money is a root of all the evils, which certain [ones] longing for went astray from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows;
2 Timothy 2:18who swerved concerning the truth, saying the resurrection to have already been, and overthrows the faith of some;
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 →