James 5:16

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.

— James 5:16, King James Version
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James 5:16, King James Version.

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Study Note

The command 'confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed' has been a foundational text for Catholic sacramental confession and for Protestant small-group accountability practices. The healing in view (iathēte) may refer to physical healing (the context of verses 14-15 is anointing for illness) or to spiritual restoration — or both, given the Hebrew tradition's reluctance to separate the two. The following affirmation — 'the prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working' — uses Elijah as the exemplar: a human 'of like nature with us' whose prayer both stopped and restored rain (verses 17-18). The verse's mutuality ('to one another') is important: confession and prayer are reciprocal practices within the community, not merely vertical acts.

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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.

YLT

Be confessing to one another the trespasses, and be praying for one another, that ye may be healed; very strong is a working supplication of a righteous man;

BBE

So then, make a statement of your sins to one another, and say prayers for one another so that you may be made well. The prayer of a good man is full of power in its working.

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