16. So admit your sins to each other, and pray for each other so that you will be healed.Prayers offered by those who have God’s approval are effective.
17. Elijah was human like us. Yet, when he prayed that it wouldn’t rain, no rain fell on the ground for three-and-a-half years.
18. Then he prayed again. It rained, and the ground produced crops.
19. My brothers and sisters, if one of you wanders from the truth, someone can bring that person back.
20. Realize that whoever brings a sinner back from the error of his ways will save him from death, and many sins will be forgiven.