James 4:4

4:4 Adulterers, do you not know that friendship with the world means hostility toward God? ¹  So whoever decides to be the world’s friend makes himself God’s enemy.

James 5:20

5:20 he should know that the one who turns a sinner back from his wandering path ²  will save that person’s ³  soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.

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¹ tn Grk “is hostility toward God.”

² tn Grk “from the error of his way” (using the same root as the verb “to wander, to err” in the first part of the verse).

³ tn Grk “his soul”; the referent (the sinner mentioned at the beginning of the verse) has been specified in the translation for clarity.