James 5:20
Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.
KJV
γινωσκέτω ὅτι ὁ ἐπιστρέψας ἁμαρτωλὸν ἐκ πλάνης ὁδοῦ αὐτοῦ σώσει ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ ἐκ θανάτου καὶ καλύψει πλῆθος ἁμαρτιῶν.
Greek NT
scire debet quoniam qui converti fecerit peccatorem ab errore viæ suæ, salvabit animam ejus a morte, et operiet multitudinem peccatorum.
Vulgate
let him know, that he who converteth a sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall cover a multitude of sins.
ASV
He must know that he who causeth a sinner to be converted from the error of his way shall save his soul from death and shall cover a multitude of sins.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
16 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- γινωσκέτω — SBLGNT
- γινωσκέτω — Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
- γινώσκετε — Westcott-Hort
- αὐτοῦ — SBLGNT
- αὐτοῦ — Westcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§1434The interior penance of the Christian can be expressed in many and various ways. Scripture and the Fathers insist above all on three forms, fasting, prayer, and almsgiving,31 which express conversion in relation to oneself, to God, and to others. Alongside the radical purification brought about by Baptism or martyrdom they cite as means of obtaining forgiveness of sins: effort …
Let him who has love in Christ keep the commandments of Christ. Who can describe the bond of the love of God? What man is able to tell the excellence of its beauty, as it ought to be told? The height to which love exalts is unspeakable. Love unites us to God. Love covers a multitude of sins. Love beareth all things, is long-suffering in all things. There is nothing base, nothin…
Cross-references
- 1Cor 9:22 — To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.
- 1Pet 4:8 — And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
- 1Pet 4:8 — And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
- 1Tim 4:16 — Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.
- 1Tim 4:16 — Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.
- Ezek 3:21 — Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous man, that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely live, because he is warned; also thou hast delivered thy soul.
- Isa 53:6 — All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
- Jas 1:15 — Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
- Jas 5:19 — Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him;
- Jas 5:19 — Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him;
- John 5:24 — Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
- Obad 1:21 — And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the LORD’s.
- Phlm 1:19 — I Paul have written it with mine own hand, I will repay it: albeit I do not say to thee how thou owest unto me even thine own self besides.
- Prov 10:2 — Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.
- Prov 10:12 — Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
- Prov 10:12 — Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
- Prov 11:4 — Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.
- Prov 11:30 — The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.
- Prov 11:30 — The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.
- Ps 32:1 — Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
- Ps 56:13 — For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?
- Rom 11:14 — If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them.
- Rom 11:14 — If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them.