James 5:15
King James Version
7 Jun 2026
“And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.”
σώζω
To save, to heal, to deliver. Sozo. Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. Sozo covers salvation healing deliverance and wholeness. Jesus restores everything that was lost.
ἐγείρω
will raise up
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ἐγείρω
To raise up, to awaken, to arouse. Egeiro. He is not here He has risen. The resurrection is the pivot of history. Everything before it points to it. Everything after flows from it.
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πίστις
of faith
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πίστις
Faith, trust, belief, faithfulness. Pistis. Without faith it is impossible to please God. Faith is the currency of the kingdom. Everything flows to those who trust God completely.
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ἁμαρτία
Sins
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ἁμαρτία
Sin, missing the mark. Hamartia. All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. Sin is not just breaking rules. It is missing the target of what humanity was created to be.
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εὐχή
Prayer
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εὐχή
Prayer, vow, wish. Euche. The prayer of faith will heal the sick. Prayer is not a technique. It is the expression of relationship between a trusting child and a faithful Father.
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κύριος
Lord;
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κύριος
Lord, master, owner. Kurios. Jesus is Lord. The foundational confession of Christianity. Lord means owner. To confess Jesus as Lord is to surrender ownership of your life.
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ἀφίημι
Forgiven
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ἀφίημι
an intensive form of , to go); to send forth, in various applications (as follow)
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κάμνω
ailing
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κάμνω
properly, to toil, i.e. (by implication) to tire (figuratively, faint, sicken)
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ποιέω
having committed,
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ποιέω
to make or do (in a very wide application, more or less direct)
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εἰμί
he shall be one
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εἰμί
I exist (used only when emphatic)
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