James 5:20
be assured that whoever turns a sinner back from the error of his way will save a soul from death and cover a multitude of sins.
Text-Critical English NT
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In Context
19Brothers, if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone turns him back,
Cross References
John 5:24Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.
1 Corinthians 9:22To the weak I became like one who is weak, so that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all people, so that by all means I might save some.
Philemon 1:19I, Paul, write this with my own hand: I will repay it (not to mention that yoʋ owe me yoʋr very own life).
James 5:19Brothers, if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone turns 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 →