James 5:15

Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

and the prayer of fayth shall save the sicke and the LORde shall rayse him vp: and yf he have committed synnes they shalbe forgeuen him.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ἡ εὐχὴ τῆς πίστεως σώσει τὸν κάμνοντα, καὶ ἐγερεῖ αὐτὸν ὁ Κύριος· κἂν ἁμαρτίας ᾖ πεποιηκώς, ἀφεθήσεται αὐτῷ.

Transliteration

And the euchē tēs pisteōs sōsei ton kamnonta, and egerei him the Kyrios; and if hamartias ē pepoiēkōs, aphethēsetai him.

Grammar Details

• *euchē*: nominative, feminine, singular - prayer
• *tēs pisteōs*: genitive, feminine, singular - of faith
• *sōsei*: future active, 3rd singular - will save
• *ton kamnonta*: accusative, masculine, singular, present participle - the one being sick
• *egerei*: future active, 3rd singular - will raise up
• him: dative, masculine, singular - to him
• *Kyrios*: nominative, masculine, singular - Lord
• *hamartias*: accusative, feminine, plural - sins
• *ē*: present subjunctive, 3rd singular - he may be
• *pepoiēkōs*: perfect active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - having committed
• *aphethēsetai*: future passive, 3rd singular - will be forgiven

Word Meanings

• *euchē*: prayer/vow
• *pisteōs*: of faith/trust/belief
• *sōsei*: will save/heal/make whole
• *kamnonta*: being sick/weary/ill
• *egerei*: will raise up/restore/lift up
• *pepoiēkōs*: having committed/done (perfect tense indicating past action with continuing results)
• *aphethēsetai*: will be forgiven/pardoned/released

Referenced Verses

• Mark 11:22-24 : 22 And Iesus answered and sayde vnto them: Have confides in God. 23 Verely I saye vnto you that whosoever shall saye vnto this mountayne: take awaye thy silfe and cast thy silfe in to the see and shall not waver in his herte but shall beleve yt those thinges which he sayeth shall come to passe what soever he sayeth shalbe done to him. 24 Therfore I saye vnto you what soever ye desyre when ye praye beleve yt ye shall have it and it shalbe done vnto you.
• Jas 1:6 : 6 But let him axe in fayth and waver not. For he that douteth is lyke the waves of the see tost of the wynde and caried with violence.
• Jas 5:13 : 13 Yf eny of you be evyll vexed let him praye. Yf eny of you be mery let him singe Psalmes.
• Jas 5:16 : 16 knowledge youre fautes one to another: and praye one for another that ye maye be healed. The prayer of a ryghteous ma avayleth moche yf it be fervet.
• 1 John 5:14-16 : 14 And this is the trust that we have in him: that yf we axe eny thinge accordynge to his will he heareth vs. 15 And yf we knowe that he heare vs what soever we axe we knowe that we shall have the peticions that we desyre of him. 16 Yf eny man se his brother synne a synne that is not vnto deeth let him axe and he shall geve him lyfe for them that synne not vnto deeth. Ther is a synne vnto deeth for which saye I not that a man shuld praye.
• Mark 16:17-18 : 17 And these signes shall folowe them that beleve: In my name they shall cast oute devyls and shall speake with newe tonges 18 and shall kyll serpentes. And yf they drinke eny dedly thinge yt shall not hurte the. They shall laye their hondes on ye sicke and they shall recover.
• John 5:14 : 14 And after that Iesus founde him in the teple and sayd vnto him: beholde thou arte made whole synne no moore lest a worsse thinge happe vnto the.
• 1 Cor 11:30-32 : 30 For this cause many are weake and sicke amoge you and many slepe. 31 Yf we had truly iudged oure selves we shuld not have bene iudged. 32 But when we are iudged of the LORde we are chastened because we shuld not be daned with the worlde.
• Matt 9:2-6 : 2 And lo they brought to him a ma sicke of ye palsie lyinge in his bed. And when Iesus sawe ye faith of the he sayd to the sicke of ye palsie: sonne be of good chere thy sinnes be forgeve the. 3 And beholde certeyne of ye scribes sayd in the selves this ma blasphemeth. 4 And whe Iesus sawe their thoughtes he sayd: wherfore thinke ye evill in youre hertes? 5 Whether ys esyer to saye thy synnes be forgeven ye or to saye: arise and walke? 6 That ye maye knowe that ye sonne of ma hath power to forgeve sinnes in erth then sayd he vnto ye sicke of ye palsye: arise take vp thy beed and go home to thine housse.
• Matt 17:20 : 20 Iesus sayd vnto the: Because of youre vnbelefe For I saye veryly vnto you: yf ye had faythe as a grayne of musterd seed ye shuld saye vnto this moutayne remove hence to yonder place and he shuld remove: nether shuld eny thinge be vnpossible for you to do.
• Matt 21:21-22 : 21 Iesus answered and sayde vnto the: Verely I saye vnto you yf ye shall have faith and shall not dout ye shall not only do that which I have done to the fygge tree: but also yf ye shall saye vnto this moutayne take thy silfe awaye and cast thy silfe into the see it shalbe done. 22 And whatsoever ye shall axe in prayer (if ye beleve) ye shall receave it.
• Mark 2:5-9 : 5 When Iesus sawe their fayth he sayde to the sicke of the palsie sonne thy sinnes are forgeven the. 6 And ther were certayne of ye scribes sittinge there and reasoninge in their hertes: 7 how doeth this felowe so blaspheme? Who can forgeve synnes but God only? 8 And immediatly whe Iesus perceaved in his sprete yt they so reasoned in the selves he sayde vnto them: why thynke ye soche thinges in youre hertes? 9 Whether is it easyer to saye to ye sicke of ye palsie thy synnes are forgeven the or to saye aryse take vp thy beed and walke? 10 That ye maye knowe yt the sonne of man hath power in erth to forgeve synnes he spake vnto ye sicke of the palsie: 11 I saye vnto ye aryse and take vp thy beed and get ye hense into thyne awne housse.
• 1 Cor 12:28-30 : 28 And God hath also ordeyned in the congregacion fyrst the Apostels secodarely prophetes thyrdly teachers then the that do miracles: after that the gyftes of healynge helpers governers diversite of tonges. 29 Are all Apostles? Are all Prophetes? Are all teachers? Are all doars of miracles? 30 Have all the gyftes of healinge? Do all speake wt tonges? Do all interprete?