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8 So you also must be patient: keeping up your courage; for the Coming of the Lord is now close at hand. 9 Do not cry out in condemnation of one another, brethren, lest you come under judgement. I tell you that the Judge is standing at the door. 10 In illustration, brethren, of persecution patiently endured take the Prophets who have spoken as messengers from the Lord. 11 Remember that we call those blessed who endured what they did. You have also heard of Job's patient endurance, and have seen the issue of the Lord's dealings with him--how full of tenderness and pity the Lord is. 12 But above all things, my brethren, do not swear, either by Heaven or by the earth, or with any other oath. Let your 'yes' be simply 'yes,' and your 'no' be simply 'no;' that you may not come under condemnation. 13 Is one of you suffering? Let him pray. Is any one in good spirits? Let him sing a psalm. 14 Is any one ill? Let him send for the Elders of the Church, and let them pray over him, after anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. 15 And the prayer of faith will restore the sick man, and the Lord will raise him up to health; and if he has committed sins, they shall be forgiven. 16 Therefore confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, so that you may be cured. The heartfelt supplication of a righteous man exerts a mighty influence. 17 Elijah was a man with a nature similar to ours, and he earnestly prayed that there might be no rain: and no rain fell on the land for three years and six months. 18 Again he prayed, and the sky gave rain and the land yielded its crops. 19 My brethren, if one of you strays from the truth and some one brings him back, 20 let him know that he who brings a sinner back from his evil ways will save the man's soul from death and throw a veil over a multitude of sins. James 5:8-20, Weymouth New Testament. Public domain.
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