James 5:15
New International Version
And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise them up. If they have sinned, they will be forgiven.

New Living Translation
Such a prayer offered in faith will heal the sick, and the Lord will make you well. And if you have committed any sins, you will be forgiven.

English Standard Version
And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.

Berean Standard Bible
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.

Berean Literal Bible
And the prayer of faith will save the one ailing, and the Lord will raise him up, and if he might be one having committed sins, it will be forgiven him.

King James Bible
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.

New King James Version
And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.

New American Standard Bible
and the prayer of faith will restore the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up, and if he has committed sins, they will be forgiven him.

NASB 1995
and the prayer offered in faith will restore the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up, and if he has committed sins, they will be forgiven him.

NASB 1977
and the prayer offered in faith will restore the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up, and if he has committed sins, they will be forgiven him.

Legacy Standard Bible
And the prayer offered in faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up, and if he has committed sins, they will be forgiven him.

Amplified Bible
and the prayer of faith will restore the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up; and if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.

Christian Standard Bible
The prayer of faith will save the sick person, and the Lord will raise him up; if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The prayer of faith will save the sick person, and the Lord will restore him to health; if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.

American Standard Version
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.

Contemporary English Version
If you have faith when you pray for sick people, they will get well. The Lord will heal them, and if they have sinned, he will forgive them.

English Revised Version
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.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
(Prayers offered in faith will save those who are sick, and the Lord will cure them.) If you have sinned, you will be forgiven.

Good News Translation
This prayer made in faith will heal the sick; the Lord will restore them to health, and the sins they have committed will be forgiven.

International Standard Version
And the prayer offered in faith will save the person who is sick. The Lord will raise him up, and if he has committed any sins, he will be forgiven.

Majority Standard Bible
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.

NET Bible
And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick and the Lord will raise him up--and if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.

New Heart English Bible
And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. If he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up; and if he hath committed sins, they will be forgiven him.

Weymouth New Testament
And the prayer of faith will restore the sick man, and the Lord will raise him up to health; and if he has committed sins, they shall be forgiven.

World English Bible
and the prayer of faith will heal him who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. If he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and the prayer of faith will save the distressed one, and the LORD will raise him up, and if he may have committed sins, they will be forgiven to him.

Berean Literal Bible
And the prayer of faith will save the one ailing, and the Lord will raise him up, and if he might be one having committed sins, it will be forgiven him.

Young's Literal Translation
and the prayer of the faith shall save the distressed one, and the Lord shall raise him up, and if sins he may have committed, they shall be forgiven to him.

Smith's Literal Translation
And the prayer of faith shall save him being sick, and the Lord will raise him up; and if he should have wrought sins, it shall be remitted to him.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the prayer of faith shall save the sick man: and the Lord shall raise him up: and if he be in sins, they shall be forgiven him.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And a prayer of faith will save the infirm, and the Lord will alleviate him. And if he has sins, these will be forgiven him.

New American Bible
and the prayer of faith will save the sick person, and the Lord will raise him up. If he has committed any sins, he will be forgiven.

New Revised Standard Version
The prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise them up; and anyone who has committed sins will be forgiven.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
And the prayer of faith shall heal the sick, and our LORD shall raise him up; and if he has committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And the prayer of faith heals the one who is ill and our Lord raises him up; and if sins were done by him, they are forgiven him.
NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
And the prayer of faith shall save the sick; and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.

Godbey New Testament
Truly the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up; if he may have committed sins, they shall be forgiven unto him.

Haweis New Testament
and the prayer of faith shall recover the sick man, and the Lord will raise him up; and if he hath committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.

Mace New Testament
the prayer that proceeds from faith, shall save the sick; the Lord will raise him up, and his sins that may have been the occasion, shall be forgiven.

Weymouth New Testament
And the prayer of faith will restore the sick man, and the Lord will raise him up to health; and if he has committed sins, they shall be forgiven.

Worrell New Testament
and the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up; and, if he have committed sins, it shall be forgiven him.

Worsley New Testament
and the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Prayer of Faith
14Is 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. 15And 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. 16Therefore 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.…

Cross References
Mark 11:24
Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

Matthew 21:22
If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”

1 John 5:14-15
And this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. / And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we already possess what we have asked of Him.

John 14:13-14
And I will do whatever you ask in My name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. / If you ask Me for anything in My name, I will do it.

John 15:7
If you remain in Me and My words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.

John 16:23-24
In that day you will no longer ask Me anything. Truly, truly, I tell you, whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you. / Until now you have not asked for anything in My name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.

Matthew 18:19
Again, I tell you truly that if two of you on the earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by My Father in heaven.

1 Corinthians 12:9
to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit,

Acts 3:16
By faith in the name of Jesus, this man whom you see and know has been made strong. It is Jesus’ name and the faith that comes through Him that has given him this complete healing in your presence.

Luke 17:6
And the Lord answered, “If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it will obey you.

1 Peter 2:24
He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”

Isaiah 53:5
But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed.

Psalm 103:3
He who forgives all your iniquities and heals all your diseases,

2 Chronicles 7:14
and if My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.

Jeremiah 17:14
Heal me, O LORD, and I will be healed; save me, and I will be saved, for You are my praise.


Treasury of Scripture

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.

the prayer.

James 5:13,16
Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms…

James 1:6
But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.

Matthew 17:20,21
And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you…

if he.

Isaiah 33:24
And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity.

Matthew 9:2-6
And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy; Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee…

Mark 2:5-11
When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee…

Jump to Previous
Committed Distressed Faith Forgiven Forgiveness Heal Health Ill Lifted Offered Prayer Raise Restore Save Sick Sin Sinned Sins
Jump to Next
Committed Distressed Faith Forgiven Forgiveness Heal Health Ill Lifted Offered Prayer Raise Restore Save Sick Sin Sinned Sins
James 5
1. Rich oppressors are to fear God's vengeance.
7. We ought to be patient in afflictions, after the example of the prophets, and Job;
12. to forbear swearing;
13. to pray in adversity, to sing in prosperity;
14. to acknowledge mutually our several faults, to pray one for another;
19. and to correct a straying brother.














And the prayer offered in faith
The Greek word for "prayer" here is "εὐχή" (euche), which signifies a vow or a wish directed towards God. This is not just any prayer, but one that is deeply rooted in faith, "πίστις" (pistis), which implies a firm persuasion or conviction based upon hearing. In the context of the early church, prayer was a communal and powerful act, often accompanied by the laying on of hands and anointing with oil, as seen in the preceding verses. This phrase emphasizes the necessity of faith as the foundation of effective prayer, echoing the teachings of Jesus in the Gospels where faith is often linked to healing and miracles.

will restore the one who is sick
The term "restore" is translated from the Greek "σῴζω" (sozo), which means to save, heal, or make whole. This word is used throughout the New Testament to describe both physical healing and spiritual salvation, indicating that the restoration offered through prayer encompasses the whole person. The "one who is sick" refers to those who are physically ill, but the broader context of James suggests a holistic view of health, including spiritual and emotional well-being. In the historical context, sickness was often seen as a consequence of sin or spiritual oppression, and thus, restoration was both a physical and spiritual renewal.

The Lord will raise him up
"Raise" comes from the Greek "ἐγείρω" (egeiro), meaning to awaken or lift up. This word is frequently used in the New Testament to describe resurrection, both literally and metaphorically. The assurance that "The Lord will raise him up" underscores the divine power and authority of Christ over life and death. It reflects the early Christian belief in the resurrection and the hope of eternal life. This promise is not merely about physical healing but also points to the ultimate raising up at the last day, a core tenet of Christian eschatology.

If he has sinned, he will be forgiven
The conditional "if" acknowledges the possibility that sin may be a factor in the person's illness, a common belief in the ancient world. The Greek word for "sinned" is "ἁμαρτάνω" (hamartano), meaning to miss the mark or err. The promise of forgiveness, "ἀφίημι" (aphiemi), which means to send away or release, highlights the grace and mercy of God. This phrase connects physical healing with spiritual restoration, emphasizing that through faith and prayer, not only is the body healed, but the soul is cleansed. The assurance of forgiveness reflects the redemptive work of Christ, who offers reconciliation with God to all who repent and believe.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
And
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

the
(hē)
Article - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

prayer offered
εὐχὴ (euchē)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 2171: From euchomai; properly, a wish, expressed as a petition to God, or in votive obligation.

in faith
πίστεως (pisteōs)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 4102: Faith, belief, trust, confidence; fidelity, faithfulness.

will restore
σώσει (sōsei)
Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 4982: To save, heal, preserve, rescue. From a primary sos; to save, i.e. Deliver or protect.

the one who
τὸν (ton)
Article - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

is sick.
κάμνοντα (kamnonta)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2577: To work, be weary, be sick. Apparently a primary verb; properly, to toil, i.e. to tire.

The
(ho)
Article - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

Lord
Κύριος (Kyrios)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2962: Lord, master, sir; the Lord. From kuros; supreme in authority, i.e. controller; by implication, Master.

will raise him up.
ἐγερεῖ (egerei)
Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1453: (a) I wake, arouse, (b) I raise up. Probably akin to the base of agora; to waken, i.e. Rouse.

If
κἂν (kan)
Conjunction
Strong's 2579: And if, even if, even, at least. From kai and ean; and if.

he
(ē)
Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

has sinned,
πεποιηκώς (pepoiēkōs)
Verb - Perfect Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 4160: (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do.

he will be forgiven.
ἀφεθήσεται (aphethēsetai)
Verb - Future Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 863: From apo and hiemi; to send forth, in various applications.


Links
James 5:15 NIV
James 5:15 NLT
James 5:15 ESV
James 5:15 NASB
James 5:15 KJV

James 5:15 BibleApps.com
James 5:15 Biblia Paralela
James 5:15 Chinese Bible
James 5:15 French Bible
James 5:15 Catholic Bible

NT Letters: James 5:15 And the prayer of faith will heal (Ja Jas. Jam)
James 5:14
Top of Page
Top of Page