I (A)acknowledged my sin to you,
    and I did not cover my iniquity;
I said, “I (B)will confess my transgressions to the Lord,”
    and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah

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16 Therefore, (A)confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, (B)that you may be healed. (C)The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. James 5:16 Or The effective prayer of a righteous person has great power

Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith. (A)Test yourselves. Or do you not realize this about yourselves, that (B)Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you fail to meet the test!

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