13. Is anyone among you in trouble? Let them pray. Is anyone happy? Let them sing songs of praise.
14. Is anyone among you ill? Let them call the elders of the church to pray over them and anoint them with oil in the name of the Lord.
15. 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.
16. Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.
17. Elijah was a human being, even as we are. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years.
18. Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth produced its crops.
19. My brothers and sisters, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring that person back,
20. remember this: whoever turns a sinner from the error of their way will save them from death and cover over a multitude of sins.Footnotes for the Book of Jamesa 8 Lev. 19:18b 11 Exodus 20:14; Deut. 5:18c 11 Exodus 20:13; Deut. 5:17d 20 Some early manuscripts deade 23 Gen. 15:6a 5 Or yourselves as in a day of feasting