James 5:15

The prayer offered in faith will heal the sick, and any sins will be forgiven. God answers believing prayer and grants both restoration and forgiveness.

Cross-references · 14

• 1 Jn 5:14–16This is the boldness which we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he listens to us.
• Jas 5:13Is any among you suffering? Let him pray. Is any cheerful? Let him sing praises.
• Jas 5:16Confess your offenses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective.
• Matt 21:21–22Jesus answered them, “Most certainly I tell you, if you have faith, and don’t doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you told this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ it would be done.
• Jas 1:6But let him ask in faith, without any doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven by the wind and tossed.
• Matt 17:20He said to them, “Because of your unbelief. For most certainly I tell you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will tell this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.
• Mark 2:5–11Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven you.”
• Mark 16:17–18These signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new languages;
• Isa 33:24The inhabitant won’t say, “I am sick.” The people who dwell therein will be forgiven their iniquity.
• Mark 11:22–24Jesus answered them, “Have faith in God.
• John 5:14Afterward Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him, “Behold, you are made well. Sin no more, so that nothing worse happens to you.”
• 1 Cor 11:30–32For this cause many among you are weak and sickly, and not a few sleep.
• Matt 9:2–6Behold, they brought to him a man who was paralyzed, lying on a bed. Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic, “Son, cheer up! Your sins are forgiven you.”
• 1 Cor 12:28–30God has set some in the assembly: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracle workers, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, and various kinds of languages.

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