The Pulpit Commentary - James 5:19-20
The blessedness of winning back a single sinner from the error of his ways. read more
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Spence, H. D. M., etc.
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - James 5:19-20
The conversion of a sinner. With this emphatic sentence the Epistle closes. There are no personal references, Christian greetings, or notices of friends, such as Paul would have had. Perhaps James ends thus abruptly, because he desires to impress upon his readers' hearts this last thought, that every Christian should aim at being a soul-winner. We have here— I. A BROTHER GOING ASTRAY . The case supposed is the apostasy of a professing Christian. We must notice, at the outset, the... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - James 5:19-20
The salvation of a soul. In the former verses he had supposed a possibly sinning man, when chastened, "sending" for the elders of the Church. Now the reverse side of the picture is presented, and we are taught that, not merely when transgressors send for us are we to visit them for their salvation, but unsolicited we are to seek them out, if by any means we may save. Of course the exact case here considered is that of one who has wandered, but the general principle enunciated is true in... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - James 5:20
Let him know. So א , A, K, L, Latt., Syriac, B has γινώσκετε , "know ye." After ψυχὴν , א , A, and Vulgate add αὐτοῦ . B has it after θανάτου . And shall cover a multitude of sins ( καλύψει πλῆθος ἁμαρτιῶν ). The same expression occurs in 1 Peter 4:8 , "Charity covereth a multitude of sins. " It is founded on Proverbs 10:12 , מיעִשָׁףְ־לךָּ לעַוְ הבָהֲאַ הסֶּכַתְּ , "Love covereth all sins ," where the LXX . goes entirely... read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - James 5:19
Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth - Either doctrinally and speculatively, by embracing error; or practically, by falling into sinful practices. Either of these may be called “erring from the truth,” because they are contrary to what the truth teaches and requires. What is here said does not appear to have any connection with what precedes, but the apostle seems to have supposed that such a case might occur; and, in the conclusion of the Epistle, he called their attention to the... read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - James 5:20
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 principle, applicable to this case and to all others of the same kind. It is a universal truth that he who turns a sinner from a wicked path does a work which is acceptable to God, and which will in some way receive tokens of his approbation. Compare Deuteronomy 12:3. No work which man can perform is... read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - James 5:19-20
James 5:19-20. 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, in particular, to recover those that are fallen. For if any of you do err from the truth From the right way in which he ought to walk, if he be seduced by any means from the doctrine and practice of the gospel; and one Any one; convert him Be a means of bringing him back... read more
Donald C. Fleming
Bridgeway Bible Commentary - James 5:7-20
5:7-20 THE NEED FOR PATIENCE AND PRAYERMany Christians were poor and oppressed, some of them no doubt farmers who suffered because of the rich landowners. James encourages them to wait patiently for the Lord’s return (which will bring them victory in the end), just as the farmer waits patiently for the rain that will bring his crops to final harvest (7-8). God is using these trials to teach them patience, so they must not fight against his purposes by grumbling. Some Old Testament examples show... read more
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - James 5:19
if . App-118 . of = among. App-104 . from . App-104 . one = any one, as James 5:12 . read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - James 5:19
Final exhortation ; introduced, as was the opening one ( James 1:2 ), by the emphatic " my brethren." The Received Text omits μου , but it is found in א , A , B, K, Vulgate. read more