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James 5:15 — King James Version← Study notes

And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.


James 5:15Greek Interlinear

Greek · James 5:1519 words
GreekMeaning
καὶkai
AndwordG2532
thearticleG3588
εὐχὴeuchē
prayernounG2171
τῆςtēs
thearticleG3588
πίστεωςpisteōs
of faithnounG4102
σώσειsōsei
will saveverbG4982
τὸνton
the onearticleG3588
κάμνονταkamnonta
ailingverbG2577
καὶkai
andwordG2532
ἐγερεῖegerei
will raise upverbG1453
αὐτὸνauton
himpronounG846
ho
thearticleG3588
κύριοςkyrios
LordnounG2962
κἂνkan
and ifwordG2579
ἁμαρτίαςhamartias
sinsnounG266
ē
he shall be oneverbG1510
πεποιηκώςpepoiēkōs
having committedverbG4160
ἀφεθήσεταιaphethēsetai
it will be forgivenverbG863
αὐτῷautō
to himpronounG846
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on James 5:15

For I return once more to the point from which I started: not in the way of chastising only, but also in the way of benefiting, God has bestowed a power on priests greater than that of our natural parents. The two indeed differ as much as the present and the future life. For our natural parents generate us unto this life only, but the others unto that which is to come. And the former would not be able to avert death from their offspring, or to repel the assaults of disease;…

Chrysostom · 4th century · On the Priesthood III.6
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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