DO NOT SWEAR BY HEAVEN OR EARTH

 

12 Above All, my Brothers and Sisters,

Do not Swear--

Not by Heaven or by Earth

Or by Anything Else.

All you need to Say

Is a Simple “Yes” or “No.”

Otherwise you will be Condemned.

13 Is Anyone among you in Trouble?

Let them Pray.

Is Anyone Happy?

Let them Sing Songs of Praise.

14 Is Anyone among you Sick?

Let them Call the Elders of the church

To Pray over them

And Anoint them with Oil

In the Name of the Lord.

15 And the Prayer Offered in Faith

Will make the Sick person Well;

The Lord will Raise them Up.

If they have Sinned,

They will be Forgiven.

16 Therefore Confess your Sins to each other

And Pray for each other

So they you may be Healed.

THE PRAYER OF A RIGHTEOUS PERSON

IS POWERFUL AND EFFECTIVE.

17 Elijah was a Human Being,

Even as we are.

He Prayed Earnestly that it would not Rain,

And it did not Rain on the Land

For Three and a Half Years.

18 Again he Prayed,

And the Heavens gave Rain,

And the Earth Produced its Crops.

19 My Brothers and sisters,

If One of You should Wander from the Truth

And Someone should Bring that Person Back,

20 Remember this:

Whoever Turns a Sinner form the Error

Of their Way

Will Save them from Death

And Cover a Multitude of Sins.

(James 5:12-20, NIV)