james-5:16

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - James 5:1-20

Chapter 5Now 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 garments are moth-eaten. Your gold and silver are cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days ( James 5:1-3 ).So he speaks of the rich and heaping up treasure for the last days, talking... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - James 5:1-20

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 over the ashes of their tombs and sanctuary, their warehouses and pleasant villas in flames, and Jerusalem the common grave of a ruined nation. It is indubitable that the early christians, from the words of Christ and of the prophets, knew that Jerusalem would be destroyed, and that the event... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - James 5:16-18

James 5:16-18Confess your faults one to anotherConfessing of faultsThese words imply, in the first place, that our religious life is not an isolated thing between each man and God, with which no other man has anything to do.All Christians are members of a body. If they come much in contact they are nearly related members. And no one has a right to fancy that his faults concern himself alone, and that no one else has an interest in his being a good man. The text implies further that we may get... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - James 5:16

16 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 friend, as can both keep counsel and give counsel. Oftentimes the very opening of men’s grievances easeth, the very opening of a vein cools the blood. Howbeit, it is neither wisdom nor mercy (saith a good divine) to put men upon the rack of confession, further than they can have no ease any way... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - James 5:16

Confess: Genesis 41:9, Genesis 41:10, 2 Samuel 19:19, Matthew 3:6, Matthew 18:15-Esther :, Luke 7:3, Luke 7:4, Acts 19:18 pray: Colossians 1:9, 1 Thessalonians 5:17, 1 Thessalonians 5:23, 1 Thessalonians 5:25, Hebrews 13:18 that: Genesis 20:17, 2 Chronicles 30:20, Luke 9:6, Acts 10:38 The effectual: Genesis 18:23-Jonah :, Genesis 19:29, Genesis 20:7, Genesis 20:17, Genesis 32:28, Exodus 9:28, Exodus 9:29, Exodus 9:33, Exodus 17:11, Exodus 32:10-2 Chronicles :, Numbers 11:2, Numbers... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - James 5:16

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.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 pray in faith: he will then know how to pray for us, and be more stirred up so to do.And pray one for another, that ye may be healed — Of all your... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - James 5:16

16. In order that the sins may be known and prayed for, confess your faults This not in the public congregation, where the effect would be bad; but individually, one to another, in a most sincere and penitent way. We now have a fuller description of the nature of that prayer of faith that will save. The effectual The Greek word (taken in the middle voice) is defined effective, which makes it almost a tautology. We prefer, with the old English commentators Hammond, Bull, Benson, and... read more