James 5:19

James 5:19

17 Elijah was a man ^awith a nature like ours, and ^bhe prayed earnestly that it would not rain; and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months.

18 And he prayed ^aagain, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit.

Bring Back the Erring One

19 Brethren, if anyone among you wanders from the truth, and someone ^aturns him back,

20 let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way ^awill save a soul from death and ^bcover a multitude of sins.

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Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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If any one among you do err (ean tiv en umin planhqh). Third-class condition (supposed case) with ean and the first aorist passive subjunctive of planaw, old verb, to go astray, to wander (Matthew 18:12), figuratively (Hebrews 5:2).

From the truth (apo thv alhqeiav). For truth see James 1:18; James 3:14; John 8:32; I John 1:6; I John 3:18 f. It was easy then, and is now, to be led astray from Christ, who is the Truth.

And one convert him (kai epistreyh tiv auton). Continuation of the third-class condition with the first aorist active subjunctive of epistrefw, old verb, to turn (transitive here as in Luke 1:16 f., but intransitive often as Acts 9:35).

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