james-5:13-16,1-kings-18:40-45

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - James 5:15

And the prayer of faith; shall save the sick - That is, God will often make these the means of a sick man's recovery; but there often are cases where faith and prayer are both ineffectual, because God sees it will be prejudicial to the patient's salvation to be restored; and therefore all faith and prayer on such occasions should be exerted on this ground: "If it be most for thy glory, and the eternal good of this man's soul, let him be restored; if otherwise, Lord, pardon, purify him, and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - James 5:16

Confess your faults one to another - This is a good general direction to Christians who endeavor to maintain among themselves the communion of saints. This social confession tends much to humble the soul, and to make it watchful. We naturally wish that our friends in general, and our religious friends in particular, should think well of us; and when we confess to them offenses which, without this confession, they could never have known, we feel humbled, are kept from self-applause, and... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - James 5:13

Verse 13 13Is any among you afflicted? he means that there is no time in which God does not invite us to himself. For afflictions ought to stimulate us to pray; prosperity supplies us with an occasion to praise God. But such is the perverseness of men, that they cannot rejoice without forgetting God, and that when afflicted they are disheartened and driven to despair. We ought, then, to keep within due bounds, so that the joy, which usually makes us to forget God, may induce us to set forth the... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - James 5:14

Verse 14 14Is any sick among you. As the gift of healing as yet continued, he directs the sick to have recourse to that remedy. It is, indeed, certain that they were not all healed; but the Lord granted this favor as often and as far as he knew it would be expedient; nor is it probable that the oil was indiscriminately applied, but only when there was some hope of restoration. For, together with the power there was given also discretion to the ministers, lest they should by abuse profane the... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - James 5:15

Verse 15 15. But it must be observed, that he connects a promise with the prayer, lest it should be made without faith. For he who doubts, as one who does not rightly call on God, is unworthy to obtain anything, as we have seen in James 1:5. Whosoever then really seeks to be heard, must be fully persuaded that he does not pray in vain. As James brings before us this special gift, to which the external rite was but an addition, we hence learn, that the oil could not have been rightly used... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - James 5:16

Verse 16 16Confess your faults one to another. In some copies the illative particle is given, nor is it unsuitable; for though when not expressed, it must be understood. He had said, that sins were remitted to the sick over whom the elders prayed: he now reminds them how useful it is to discover our sins to our brethren, even that we may obtain the pardon of them by their intercession. (142) This passage, I know, is explained by many as referring to the reconciling of offenses; for they who... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - James 5:7-20

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Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - James 5:13

(1) Is any among you suffering? let him pray. Prayer in the narrower sense of petition is rather for sufferers, who need to have their wants supplied and their sorrows removed. Praise, the highest form of prayer, is to spring up from the grateful heart of the cheerful. ψάλλειν (cf. Romans 15:9 ; 1 Corinthians 14:15 ; Ephesians 5:19 ). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - James 5:13

The power of Divine worship. On this verse there is a striking sermon by J. H. Newman (vol. 3. No. 23), 'Religious Worship a Remedy for Excitement.' "There is that in religious worship which supplies all our spiritual needs, which suits every mood of mind and every variety of circumstances, over and above the supernatural assistance which we are allowed to expect from it." Divine worship may thus be viewed as the proper antidote to excitement. In suffering, prayer; in joy, praise. These... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - James 5:13-15

Prayer and praise as a medicine. The previous exhortation was a dissuasive against profane swearing. In these verses the apostle suggests that the right use of the Divine Name is reverently to call upon it in all time of our tribulation, and in all time of our wealth. The most healthful relief for a heart surcharged with deep emotion is to engage in religious worship. James refers here to three different cases. I. THE CASE OF THE AFFLICTED . (Verse 13) The believer must not... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - James 5:15

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - James 5:16

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - James 5:13

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - James 5:14

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - James 5:15

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - James 5:16

The Pulpit Commentary - James 5:7-20

The Pulpit Commentary - James 5:13

The Pulpit Commentary - James 5:13

The Pulpit Commentary - James 5:13-15

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