Letter of James 5:14–15

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Bible passage New Testament passage

Letter of James 5:14–15 is a New Testament passage that exhorts the sick to call the elders of the church for prayer and anointing so that they may be healed and forgiven.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Epistle of James 5:14–15	2

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Bible passage ⓘ New Testament passage ⓘ
addressesTopic	anointing with oil ⓘ elders of the church ⓘ faith ⓘ forgiveness of sins ⓘ healing ⓘ prayer ⓘ sickness ⓘ
associatedWithDoctrine	church authority in pastoral care ⓘ efficacy of prayer ⓘ prayer for the sick ⓘ relationship between sin and sickness ⓘ
bookOrderInNewTestament	20 ⓘ
canonicalStatus	canonical in most Christian traditions ⓘ
chapterNumber	5 ⓘ
containsExhortation	the elders should anoint the sick person with oil in the name of the Lord ⓘ the elders should pray over the sick person ⓘ the sick should call the elders of the church ⓘ
genre	paranetic instruction ⓘ
hasKeyPhrase	Is any among you sick? ⓘ anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord ⓘ if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven ⓘ let him call for the elders of the church ⓘ the prayer of faith will save the sick ⓘ
hasVerseRange	James 5:14–15 ⓘ
language	Koine Greek ⓘ
locatedIn	Epistle of James ⓘ surface form: James chapter 5
mentions	church ⓘ elders ⓘ oil ⓘ God ⓘ surface form: the Lord
partOf	Epistle of James ⓘ Epistle of James ⓘ surface form: Letter of James New Testament ⓘ
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ
scriptureType	didactic text ⓘ
teaches	if the sick person has committed sins, they will be forgiven ⓘ the Lord will raise up the sick person ⓘ the prayer of faith will save the sick ⓘ
traditionalAuthor	James the Just ⓘ James the brother of Jesus ⓘ surface form: James, brother of the Lord
usedIn	Christian pastoral care of the sick ⓘ Anointing of the Sick ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox rite of Holy Unction Anointing of the Sick ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic sacrament of Anointing of the Sick liturgies for anointing of the sick ⓘ various Protestant healing services ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Unction of the Sick → basedOnText → Letter of James 5:14–15 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Epistle of James 5:14–15

Anointing of the Sick → scripturalBasis → Letter of James 5:14–15 ⓘ

Extreme Unction → theologicalBasis → Letter of James 5:14–15 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Epistle of James 5:14–15