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James 5:9-20 American Standard Version (ASV)

9. Murmur not, brethren, one against another, that ye be not judged: behold, the judge standeth before the doors.

10. Take, brethren, for an example of suffering and of patience, the prophets who spake in the name of the Lord.

11. Behold, we call them blessed that endured: ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord, how that the Lord is full of pity, and merciful.

12. But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by the heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath: but let your yea be yea, and your nay, nay; that ye fall not under judgment.

13. Is any among you suffering? Let him pray. Is any cheerful? Let him sing praise.

14. 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:

15. and the prayer of faith shall save him that is sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, it shall be forgiven him.

16. 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.

17. Elijah was a man of like passions with us, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain; and it rained not on the earth for three years and six months.

18. And he prayed again; and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.

19. My brethren, if any among you err from the truth, and one convert him;

20. let him know, that he who converteth a sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall cover a multitude of sins.

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