James 5:16
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Berean Study Bible
Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.

Young's Literal Translation
Be confessing to one another the trespasses, and be praying for one another, that ye may be healed; very strong is a working supplication of a righteous man;

King James Bible
Confess [your] faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

Greek
Therefore
οὖν (oun)
Conjunction
Strong's 3767: Therefore, then. Apparently a primary word; certainly, or accordingly.

confess
Ἐξομολογεῖσθε (Exomologeisthe)
Verb - Present Imperative Middle - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 1843: From ek and homologeo; to acknowledge or agree fully.

[your]
τὰς (tas)
Article - Accusative Feminine Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

sins
ἁμαρτίας (hamartias)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural
Strong's 266: From hamartano; a sin.

to each other
ἀλλήλοις (allēlois)
Personal / Reciprocal Pronoun - Dative Masculine Plural
Strong's 240: One another, each other. Genitive plural from allos reduplicated; one another.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

pray
εὔχεσθε (euchesthe)
Verb - Present Imperative Middle or Passive - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 2172: To pray, wish. Middle voice of a primary verb; to wish; by implication, to pray to God.

for
ὑπὲρ (hyper)
Preposition
Strong's 5228: Gen: in behalf of; acc: above.

each other
ἀλλήλων (allēlōn)
Personal / Reciprocal Pronoun - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's 240: One another, each other. Genitive plural from allos reduplicated; one another.

so that
ὅπως (hopōs)
Conjunction
Strong's 3704: From hos and pos; what(-ever) how, i.e. In the manner that (as adverb or conjunction of coincidence, intentional or actual).

you may be healed.
ἰαθῆτε (iathēte)
Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Passive - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 2390: To heal, generally of the physical, sometimes of spiritual, disease. Middle voice of apparently a primary verb; to cure.

[The] prayer
δέησις (deēsis)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 1162: Supplication, prayer, entreaty. From deomai; a petition.

of a righteous [man]
δικαίου (dikaiou)
Adjective - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 1342: From dike; equitable; by implication, innocent, holy.

has great power
ἐνεργουμένη (energoumenē)
Verb - Present Participle Middle - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 1754: From energes; to be active, efficient.

to prevail.
ἰσχύει (ischyei)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 2480: To have strength, be strong, be in full health and vigor, be able; meton: I prevail. From ischus; to have force.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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