King James Version
James 5:16 in the King James Version says “Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a r...” — study this verse from James chapter 5 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.”
James 5:16 · KJV
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 Lord:
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.
Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. subject: of the same nature, that is, a fellow mortal earnestly: or, in his prayer
And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“your faults”
G3900a side-slip (lapse or deviation), i.e., (unintentional) error or (wilful) transgression
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“for”
G5228"over", i.e., (with the genitive case) of place, above, beyond, across, or causal, for the sake of, instead, regarding; with the accusative case super
“that”
G3704what(-ever) how, i.e., in the manner that (as adverb or conjunction of coincidence, intentional or actual)
“much”
G4183(singular) much (in any respect) or (plural) many; neuter (singular) as adverbial, largely; neuter (plural) as adverb or noun often, mostly, largely
“of a righteous man”
G1342equitable (in character or act); by implication, innocent, holy (absolutely or relatively)
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