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JAMES 5:16 eu;cesqe
Not counting the present passage, eu;cesqai occurs in the New
Testament six times; proseu,cesqai occurs 85 times. Although
proseu,cesqai appears four other times in this chapter w...
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Verse 16. _CONFESS YOUR FAULTS ONE TO ANOTHER_] This is a good
general direction to Christians who endeavour to maintain among
themselves the communion of saints. This social confession tends much
to...
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CONFESS YOUR FAULTS ONE TO ANOTHER - This seems primarily to refer to
those who were sick, since it is added, “that ye may be healed.”
The fair interpretation is, that it might be supposed that such
c...
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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...
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The key to this hard passage seems to lie in the climax, the example
of Elijah, who in 1 Kings 17:1; 1 Kings 18:41 ff., is not said to have
prayed for drought or for rain. His prayer is in the phrase...
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Confess your sins to each other, and pray for each other, that you may
be healed. The prayer of a good man, when it is set to work, is very
powerful. Elijah was a man with the same emotions as ourselv...
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THE WORTHLESSNESS OF RICHES (James 5:1-3)...
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FAULTS. App-128. but the texts read "sins", as above.
PRAY. App-134.
FOR. App-104.
HEALED. Greek. _iaomai._ See Luke 6:17. This makes it clear that the
circumstances in view are those of 1 Corinthia...
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Affliction Sickness Confession
13. _Is any among you afflicted, let him pray_ The precepts point to
the principle that worship is the truest and best expression of both
sorrow and joy. In affliction m...
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_Confess your faults one to another_ Better, with the old MSS.
THEREFORE _confess_and TRANSGRESSIONS instead of _faults_. The noun
includes sins against God as well as against men: the words refer the...
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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...
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ΤᾺΣ ἉΜΑΡΤΊΑΣ with אABP, several cursives, Fathers and
versions apparently; Old Latin and Vulgate have _peccata._ τὰ
παραπτώματα KL and some of the Fathers.
16. ἘΞΟΜΟΛΟΓΕΙ͂ΣΘΕ … ὍΠΩΣ ἸΑΘΗ͂ΤΕ. It is
dis...
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Deeply important practical rules relating to (_a_) Prayer as a force
in life, (_b_) Intercessory prayer, (_c_) Confession, (_d_)
Conversion....
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_RELY ON PRAYER -- JAMES 5:13-18:_ James closed with a series of
admonitions to assist Christians in daily living. He said Christians
should: (1) Pray when in trouble, (James 5:13) (2) Sing psalms whe...
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DISCOURSE: 2377
THE EFFICACY OF FERVENT PRAYER
James 5:16. _The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth
much_.
PRAYER and intercession are generally considered as _duties:_ but, if
viewe...
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CONFESS YOUR FAULTS, &C.— _Confess therefore your faults,_ &c. See
Mills, and Wetstein. They were to make a confession of those
particular sins which had drawn some remarkable diseases upon them, as
a...
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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...
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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.
'Aleph (') A B, Vulgate, read 'Confess, THEREFORE...
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VERSE 16 CONFESS YOUR FAULTS ONE TO ANOTHER.
That is to say, where sickness exists, it may be occasioned by some
injury done to a brother. A confession of such a fault will be
forgiven by the injured...
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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 ...
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5:16 your (c-3) Lit. 'the.' fervent (d-19) Or, 'operative,' 'working
effectually,' if the word be taken as a participle, as elsewhere in
the New Testament. The A.V. combines the two ideas, 'the effect...
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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...
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CONFESS YOUR FAULTS ONE TO ANOTHER. — The meaning attributed to the
words of this verse by many devout Catholics cannot be established
either from the opinion of antiquity, or a critical examination o...
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CHAPTER 28
THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE CONFESSION OF SINS-LAWFULNESS OF PRAYERS FOR
RAIN.
James 5:16
THE connection Of this passage with the preceding one is very close.
This is evident even in the Autho...
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ἐξομολογεῖσθε … ἁμαρτίας : see critical note
above. Confession of sins has always played an important part in
Judaism; the O.T. word for confession of sins is תודה, [62] the
later term, which denotes...
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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...
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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...
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EXAMPLES OF PRAYERS OF THE FAITHFUL
James encouraged those in the first century church to keep on
confessing their sins to one another and to keep on praying one for
another. A similar concept is foun...
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(10) Confess [your] faults one to another, and pray one for another,
that ye may be healed. (11) The effectual fervent prayer of a
righteous man availeth much.
(10) Because God pardons the sins of th...
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Confess, therefore, your sins, &c. Divers interpreters expound this of
sacramental confession, though, as the authors of the annotations on
the Rheims Testament observe, this is not certain. The words...
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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...
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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...
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_INTERCESSORY PRAYER_
‘Pray one for another.’
James 5:16
Christianity brought with it a new phenomenon in the spiritual world,
if such an expression be permitted, and that phenomenon was the sudden...
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_PRAYER AND LIFE_
‘The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.’
James 5:16
Prayer is at all times a subject of supreme importance—such
importance that it is quite impossible to o...
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16_Confess your faults one to another_. In some copies the illative
particle is given, nor is it unsuitable; for though when not
expressed, it must be understood. He had said, that sins were remitted...
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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...
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CONFESS YOUR FAULTS ONE TO ANOTHER,.... Which must be understood of
sins committed against one another; which should be acknowledged, and
repentance for them declared, in order to mutual forgiveness a...
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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.
Ver. 16. _Confess your faults_] To any such godly...
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_Confess your faults_ Whether you are sick or in health; _one to
another_ He does not say to the elders; this may or may not be done,
for it is nowhere commanded. We may confess them to any pious pers...
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ONE TO ANOTHER; where you have injured one another.
BE HEALED; that the calamities which your sins have occasioned may be
removed.
EFFECTUAL; sincere, earnest, believing.
AVAILETH MUCH; has great in...
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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....
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Admonition to forgiveness and loving intercession:...
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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,...
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Explain: Confession of sins. When, to whom, and how are sins to be
confessed? Should we confess sins to a priest? When is it important
for the sin to be confessed in a public way? Must one come to the...
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"Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one
another, so that you may be healed. The effective prayer of. righteous
man can accomplish much." "Therefore" -We have here. connecting li...
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12-18 The sin of swearing is condemned; but how many make light of
common profane swearing! Such swearing expressly throws contempt upon
God's name and authority. This sin brings neither gain, nor pl...
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CONFESS YOUR FAULTS; some copies have the illative particle,
therefore, in the text, but even without that here seems to be a
connexion between this and the former verse: he had said, the sick
man's s...
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Tertullian On Repentance
God; to bow before the feet of the presbyters, and kneel to God's dear
ones; to enjoin on all the brethren to be ambassadors to bear his[91]...
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James 5:16 Confess G1843 (G5732) trespasses G3900 another G240 and
G2532 pray G2172 (G5737) for G5228 another...
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FINAL EXHORTATION TO PRAYER AND FAITH (JAMES 5:12).
Having faced up men and women to judgment in different ways James now
ends as he began by putting great emphasis on the need for faith and
prayer, a...
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‘Confess therefore your sins one to another, and pray one for
another, that you may be made whole. The supplication of a righteous
man avails much in its working.'
And finally we come to a general inj...
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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...
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James 5:16. CONFESS YOUR FAULTS. Here we are led especially to think
on wrongs inflicted upon others offences against the law of love; but
there is no reason to limit the term to any kind of sins; it...
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CONFESS THEREFORE YOUR SINS ONE TO ANOTHER
(εξομολογεισθε ουν αλληλοις τας
αμαρτιας). Present middle (indirect) of εξομολογεω.
Confession of sin to God is already assumed. But public confession of
c...
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FAULTS
SIN
(_ See Scofield) - (Romans 3:23). _
RIGHTEOUS
(_ See Scofield) - (Romans 10:10). _...
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James 5:13
The Visitation of the Sick.
I. To understand the clause which refers to anointing with oil, it
must be remembered that in those early and simple days, when little
was known about the struc...
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James 5:16
The Strength of Working Prayer.
I. The praying. It is not said "the prayer." And the difference is
worth observing. If it were said "the prayer," it might seem as if the
words of the praye...
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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...
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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_...
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SO THEN. _MacKnight_ thinks this should be taken literally. There can
be no doubt that hate, bitterness, etc., impede recovery from
sickness. We can set our consciences at ease by confessing our sins...
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JAMES—NOTE ON JAMES 5:16 CONFESS YOUR SINS TO ONE ANOTHER. Sometimes
confession in the community is needed before healing can take place,
since sin may be the cause of the illness (compare...
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JAMES—NOTE ON JAMES 5:13 The Prayer of Faith. Speaking mainly of
prayer, James restates some of the letter’s key themes. These
include trials and misuse of the tongue. The ultimate way to
“tame” one’s...
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_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_
James 5:14. CALL FOR.—Summon to him. ELDERS.—Officers usual in
synagogues, and probably also found in the Jewish Christian
congregations. Not priests, or even ministers...
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EXPOSITION
JAMES 5:1
DENUNCIATION OF THE RICH FOR
(1) GRINDING DOWN THE POOR AND KEEPING BACK THEIR WAGES;...
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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...
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1 John 3:22; 1 Kings 13:6; 1 Kings 17:18; 1 Samuel 12:18;...
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Confess [ε ξ ο μ ο λ ο γ ε ι σ θ ε]. The preposition ejx,
forth out, implies full, frank, open confession, and so in every case
of its use in the New Testament. See on Matthew 3:6.
Faults [π α ρ α π...
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Confess your faults — Whether ye are sick or in health. To one
another — He does not say, to the elders: this may, or may not, be
done; for it is nowhere commanded. We may confess them to any who can...
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Note here, 1. That there is. time and season when it is our duty to
confess our sins, not only to God, but to one another, to. pious and
prudent minister, to an injured and wronged neighbour, to those...