James 5:15
and the prayer of faith will heal him who is sick, and our Lord will raise him up; and if sins have been committed by him, they will be forgiven him.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
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Matthew 17:20Jesus said to them: Because of your unbelief. For verily I say to you, That if there be in you faith like a grain of mustard seed, ye may say to this mountain, Remove hence, and it will remove: and nothing will be too hard for you.
Mark 2:5And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic: My son, thy sins are forgiven thee.
Mark 16:17And these signs shall attend them that believe: In my name, they will cast out demons; and in new tongues will they speak.
1 Corinthians 11:30For this cause, many among you are diseased and sickly, and many sleep.
James 1:6But let him ask in faith, not hesitating: he who hesitateth is like the waves of the sea, which the wind agitateth.
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 →