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James 5:16

PrayerRepentanceFellowship and the churchForgiveness

14 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.

15 And the prayer offered in faith will restore the one who is sick. The Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven.

Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.

17 Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years.

18 Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth yielded its crops.

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BSB
Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.
KJV
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.
WEB
Confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective.
ASV
Confess therefore your sins one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The supplication of a righteous man availeth much in its working.
DARBY
Confess therefore your offences to one another, and pray for one another, that ye may be healed. [The] fervent supplication of the righteous [man] has much power.
BLB
Therefore confess the sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you⁺ may be healed. The supplication of a righteous [man] being made effective prevails much.
ÅB
Bekjenn derfor deres synder for hverandre og be for hverandre, for at dere kan bli legt! En rettferdig manns bønn har stor kraft i sin virkning.
OTB
Bekjenn derfor deres synder for hverandre og be for hverandre, så dere kan bli helbredet. En rettferdig persons bønn er kraftig og virksom.
B1930
Bekjenn derfor eders synder for hverandre og bed for hverandre, forat I kan bli lægt! En rettferdig manns bønn har stor kraft i sin virkning.

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