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James 5:19-22

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clark thompson:

--- Quote from: calluna on July 15, 2013, 03:16:05 am ---'Confess, then, one to another, your sins, and pray for each other.' Jas 5:16

The emphasis here is on the need for those who have offended to confess to the offended party.

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I also think it is about confessing our sins to God to get past them and grow in faith.

calluna:

--- Quote from: clark thompson on July 16, 2013, 05:41:12 pm --- I also think it is about confessing our sins to God to get past them and grow in faith.

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What did James write that makes you think this?

macuser:
Hey Clark you made it all the way through James, you taking on another Book?


Mac

PS god job, thanks.

Francis Drake:

--- Quote from: calluna on July 15, 2013, 03:16:05 am ---'Confess, then, one to another, your sins, and pray for each other.' Jas 5:16

The emphasis here is on the need for those who have offended to confess to the offended party.

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Neither James 5v16 nor its context says anything about confessing your sins to the offending party.
I believe this verse is more about each individual dealing honestly with his shortcomings before his brothers, that they may pray and encourage him in his walk.

This has been the practice in every house group that I have been a part of over the last almost 40 years. The emphasis in the verse is on one another, not just one way, offender to offended. It is just something that any wise believer will want to do to keep the house of God (his temple) swept clean.

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