Jam 5:19-20 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Jas 5:19-20: 5:19-20 These verses end the letter as a bookend ( inclusio ) counterbalancing the exhortation to endurance in 1:2-4 .

a5:19-20►

b1:2-4►

c5:20►

d1:12►

e15►

fHeb 6:4-8►

gGal 6:1►

hJude 1:22-24►

‏ James 5:19-20

Summary for Jas 5:19-20: 5:19-20 ^a These verses end the letter as a bookend (inclusio) counterbalancing the exhortation to endurance in 1:2-4 ^b.
5:20 ^c To save a sinner from death refers not merely to physical death but to eternal death, the punishment for departing from the truth of the Good News of Jesus Christ (see 1:12 ^d, 15 ^e; cp. Heb 6:4-8 ^f). If the sinful person listens and repents, eternal punishment will be averted (see also Gal 6:1 ^g; Jude 1:22-24 ^h).