Hide a multitude of sins; cover them, by leading the person who has committed them to obtain, through repentance and faith in Christ, forgiveness of them. Compare Psalms 32:1; "Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered."
JAMES 5:20 ginwske,tw o[ti {B} The reading ginw,skete, read by B 69 1505 1518 2495 syrh eth, appears to be an amelioration, having been introduced either in order to conform to the address (avdelfoi,...
Verse James 5:20. _LET HIM KNOW_] Let him duly consider, for his encouragement, that he who is the instrument of converting a sinner shall save a soul from eternal death, and a body from ruin, _and s...
LET HIM KNOW - Let him who converts the other know for his encouragement. THAT HE WHICH CONVERTETH THE SINNER FROM THE ERROR OF HIS WAY - Any sinner; anyone who has done wrong. This is a general princ...
V. THE COMING OF THE LORD AND THE LIFE OF FAITH CHAPTER 5 _ 1. The oppression by the rich and their coming doom (James 5:1)_ 2. Be patient unto the coming of the Lord (James 5:7) 3. The prayers of...
THE WORTHLESSNESS OF RICHES (James 5:1-3)...
My brothers, if any among you wanders from the truth and if anyone turns him again to the right way, let him know that he who has turned a sinner from his wandering way will save his brothel's soul fr...
KNOW. App-132. THE. a. FROM. Greek. _ek_ App-104. SOUL. App-110. HIDE. cover. Compare 1 Peter 4:8. This refers to Proverbs 10:12....
Prayer and Conversion _The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much_ The words "effectual fervent" represent a single participle (_energumenè_), which is commonly rendered (as in 2 Co...
_from the error of his way_ The noun always involves the idea of being deceived as well as erring. Comp. 2Pe 2:18; 2 Peter 3:17; 1 John 4:6. _shall save a soul from death_ The soul is obviously that o...
ΣΏΣΕΙ ΨΥΧῊΝ ΑΥ̓ΤΟΥ͂ ἘΚ ΘΑΝΆΤΟΥ, SHALL SAVE HIS SOUL (i.e. the soul of the convert) FROM DEATH. ΚΑῚ ΚΑΛΎΨΕΙ ΠΛΗ͂ΘΟΣ ἉΜΑΡΤΙΩ͂Ν. Comp. Proverbs 10:12 ‘love covereth all transgressions’ R. V., where καλύψ...
Deeply important practical rules relating to (_a_) Prayer as a force in life, (_b_) Intercessory prayer, (_c_) Confession, (_d_) Conversion....
_RESTORE THE ERRING -- JAMES 5:19-20:_ To become a Christian you must hear the gospel (Romans 10:17), believe in Jesus (John 8:24), repent of sins (Acts 2:
ΓΙΝΩΣΚΈΤΩ _praes. imper. act. от_ ΓΙΝΏΣΚΩ (G1097) знать, узнавать, ΈΠΙΣΤΡΈΨΑΣ _aor. act. part. от_ ΕΠΙΣΤΡΈΦΩ (G1994) отворачиваться. _Aor._ указывает на специфическое действие, ΠΛΆΝΗ ошибка (G4106)....
DISCOURSE: 2378 CONVERSION OF A SINNER A GREAT BENEFIT James 5:19. _Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one couvert him.; let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the err...
FROM THE ERROR OF HIS WAY— This seems to be in its primary sense the same which is called the _committing of sin,_ James 5:15 for the person erring is here called _a sinner;_ but the expression undoub...
WHEN THE SAINT SUFFERS _Text_ James 5:13 a. Is any among you suffering? let him pray. _Queries_ 429. Does not every Christian, even every person, suffer? Then why the question? 430. What does...
Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way LET HIM (THE CONVERTER) KNOW - for his encouragement. SHALL SAVE - future. The salvation of the converted shall be man...
VERSE 20 LET HIM KNOW THAT HE THAT CONVERTETH. The honor of saving a soul from death. What death? Oh, my soul, it is not temporal death. This all must see. This kind of death has passed upon all flesh...
12 This prohibition is essentially the same as that given by our Lord (Mat_5:34). 15 "The prayer of faith will save the sick" is a very loose rendering of this passage. The word which they translate ...
The concluding words (quoted from Proverbs 10:12 and found also in 1 Peter 4:8) are usually referred to the sinner. But passages like Sir 3:30; Daniel 4:27; Tob 4:10; Tob 12:9 show that the later Jews...
REBUKE AND ENCOURAGEMENT 2. Are corrupted, etc.] prophetic tense, in which the future is spoken of as though it were already come to pass....
WHAT *FAITH SHOULD DO JAMES _IAN MACKERVOY_ The word list at the end explains words with a *star by them. CHAPTER 5 JUDGEMENT OF THE RICH 5:1-6 V1 Now, you rich people, weep and cry aloud. Th...
LET HIM KNOW. — Or, as it rather seems to be, _Know ye_; be absolutely sure of this, in a knowledge better than all the Gnostic and Agnostic learning of the day. _He which turneth a sinner from the er...
CHAPTER 29 THE WORK OF CONVERTING SINNERS; ITS CONDITIONS AND REWARDS. James 5:19 ST. JAMES has just been speaking of the case of a man who is sick, and needs the prayers of others for his healing,...
γινώσκετε : taking this as an indicative one may regard the words that follow as a quotation, a course which commends itself owing to the comparatively large number of quotations with which the Epistl...
EFFECTUAL PRAYER James 5:12 In view of the judgment-seat, at which we shall have to give an account of our words, we shall do well to employ the simplest, plainest speech, Matthew 5:34; Matthew 12:3...
Approaching the conclusion of his letter, the writer addressed a terrible indictment and solemn warning to the rich. He showed the failure of possessions, and how they may become the curse of life. S...
RESTORING THE ERRING It is obvious James believed one could err from the truth. Yet, how can one wander from something in which he has not been? So, Christians can fall from grace (See also Galatians...
He who causeth a sinner to be converted, &c. St. James concludes his epistle with a work of charity, one of the most acceptable to Almighty God, and most beneficial to our neighbour, when any one beco...
REFLECTIONS In closing up this short, but sweet scripture, let not the Reader overlook the tender care and watchful love of God the Holy Ghost to the Church, in uniformly, from Chapter to Chapter, she...
But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation. (13) Is an...
To the reader who enters on the consideration of the epistle of James from the epistles of Paul, the change is great and sudden, and by no means least of all from the epistle to the Hebrews, which, in...
_HUMAN AGENCY IN THE SINNER’S CONVERSION TO GOD_ ‘Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him; let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall...
20_Let him know_. I doubt whether this ought rather to have been written, γιςώσκετε, “know ye.” Both ways the meaning however is the same. For James recommends to us the correction of our brethren fro...
The two classes in Israel are distinctly marked here in contrast with one another, with the addition of the walk which the Christian ought to pursue when chastised by the Lord. The apostle gives the c...
LET HIM KNOW,.... And observe it for his encouragement: THAT HE WHICH CONVERTETH A SINNER FROM THE ERROR OF HIS WAY; who is the instrument of restoring a backsliding professor, for such an one is mea...
Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins. Ver. 20. _Shall save a soul_] A high honour to have any h...
_Brethren_ As if he had said, I have now warned you of those things to which you are most liable. And in all these respects watch, not only over yourselves, but every one over his brother also. Labour...
LET HIM KNOW THAT HE WHICH CONVERTETH THE SINNER FROM THE ERROR OF HIS WAY SHALL SAVE A SOUL FROM DEATH, AND SHALL HIDE A MULTITUDE OF SINS. The forgiveness of sins mentioned at the close of the last...
Admonition to forgiveness and loving intercession:...
Verses 1 Timothy 6 are addressed to rich men, and no doubt specially to those who make some claim of having the knowledge of God. They are bidden to weep and howl for the miseries that will take them,...
How does one “wander” from the truth? How do we bring them back? What would cause YOU to quit the church? What could others say to bring you back?...
"let him know that he who turns. sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death, and will cover. multitude of sins"."let him know" -Present active imperative. When we see someone fall...
19,20 It is no mark of a wise or holy man, to boast of being free from error, or to refuse to acknowledge an error. And there is some doctrinal mistake at the bottom of every practical mistake. There...
OF HIS WAY; of his life and actions, which is contrary to the way which God hath prescribed. SHALL SAVE; men are said to save in the same way as to convert, viz. instrumentally. A SOUL; the soul of hi...
1 Clement Who can describe the [blessed] bond of the love of God? What man is able to tell the excellence of its beauty, as it ought to be told? The height to which love exalts is unspeakable. Love u...
James 5:20 let G1097 him G846 know G1097 (G5720) that G3754 turns G1994 (G5660) sinner G268 from...
A FINAL WORD ON THE IMPORTANCE OF THE BROTHERS HAVING A PRACTICAL CONCERN FOR EACH OTHER (JAMES 5:19). All through his letter James has been seeking to ‘convert sinners from the errors of their ways',...
James 5:20. LET HIM KNOW, as an inducement to attempt the work of restoring the erring, THAT HE WHICH CONVERTETH THE SINNER FROM THE ERROR OF HIS WAY restores him to the truth SHALL SAVE A SOUL FROM...
James 5:7-20. St. James concludes his Epistle with a variety of admonitions. He first exhorts his readers to patience; they are to exercise forbearance toward their oppressors and trust toward God, be...
LET HIM KNOW (γινωσκετω). Present active imperative third person singular of γινωσκω, but Westcott and Hort read γινωσκετε (know ye) after B. In either case it is the conclusion of the condition in...
SINS SIN (_ See Scofield) - (Romans 3:23). _...
James 5:19 Means of Salvation. I. Let us see what character consists of, and then we may see where and in what way it may be changed. First of all, there is the character we bring with us into this w...
CONTENTS: Warning to the rich. Exhortations in view of Christ's second coming. CHARACTERS: Christ, Job, Elias, James. CONCLUSION: Great amassing of wealth will be a sign of the last days, but woe to...
James 5:1. _Go to now,_ or go now, _ye rich men._ He had taught them humility, because their glory vanished away as the flower of the field: chap. James 1:10. He now calls upon them _to weep and howl_...
REMEMBER THIS. "To show you how important it really is for you to help each other, I tell you this. Whoever brings a sinner back from his wrong way will save that sinner's soul from spiritual (and ete...
JAMES—NOTE ON JAMES 5:19 Concluding Admonition. James’s style is abrupt. There is no concluding greeting as in most NT letters. Instead, James calls the community to help those who have fallen into th...
JAMES—NOTE ON JAMES 5:20 SAVE HIS SOUL FROM DEATH. Not physical death (see 1 Corinthians 11:30) but spiritual death (compare...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ James 5:19. ERR.—Or, “be led astray.” CONVERT.—Turn him round, and bring him back. James 5:20. HIDE A MULTITUDE OF SINS.—Compare LXX. on Proverbs 10:12: “Friendship co...
EXPOSITION JAMES 5:1 DENUNCIATION OF THE RICH FOR (1) GRINDING DOWN THE POOR AND KEEPING BACK THEIR WAGES;...
Now in chapter five he takes on the rich. So this doesn't apply to many of us. Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. Your riches are corrupted, your garment...
1 Corinthians 9:22; 1 Peter 4:8; 1 Timothy 4:16; James 5:19; James 1:15
He shall save a soul — Of how much more value than the body! James 5:14. And hide a multitude of sins — Which shall no more, how many soever they are, be remembered to his condemnation....