James 5:14

Sickness and healing Prayer Fellowship and the church

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.

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:

¹⁵ 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.

¹⁶ 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.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord.
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:
WEB: Is any among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the assembly, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord;
ASV: Is any among you sick? 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:
DARBY: Is any sick among you? let him call to [him] the elders of the assembly, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of [the] Lord;
BLB: Is anyone among you⁺ sick? Let him summon the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, having anointed him with oil in the name of the Lord.

ÅB: Er noen iblant dere syk, han kalle til seg menighetens eldste, og de skal be over ham og salve ham med olje i Herrens navn,
OTB: Er noen blant dere syke? La dem kalle til seg menighetens eldste, og la dem be over dem, salve dem med olje i Herrens navn.
B1930: Er nogen iblandt eder syk, han kalle til sig menighetens eldste, og de skal bede over ham og salve ham med olje i Herrens navn,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Mark 6:13
And they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil many that were sick, and healed them.
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Acts 28:8
And it came to pass, that the father of Publius lay sick of a fever and of a bloody flux: to whom Paul entered in, and prayed, and laid his hands on him, and healed him.
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Mark 16:18
They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
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2 Kings 5:11
But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the LORD his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper.
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Acts 9:40
But Peter put them all forth, and kneeled down, and prayed; and turning him to the body said, Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes: and when she saw Peter, she sat up.
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2 Kings 4:33
He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, and prayed unto the LORD.
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Acts 15:4
And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of the church, and of the apostles and elders, and they declared all things that God had done with them.
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Acts 14:23
And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed.
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