⁹ Samuel took ^(A)a nursing lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the Lord; and Samuel cried out to the Lord for Israel, and ^(B)the Lord answered him. ¹⁰ Now Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, and the Philistines advanced to battle Israel. But ^(C)the Lord thundered with a great ^[a]thunder on that day against the Philistines and ^(D)confused them, so that they were struck down before Israel.

¹⁶ Therefore, ^(A)confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another so that you may be ^(B)healed. ^(C)A ^[a]prayer of a righteous person, when it is ^[b]brought about, can accomplish much. ¹⁷ Elijah was ^(D)a man with a nature like ours, and ^(E)he prayed ^[c]earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the earth for ^(F)three years and six months. ¹⁸ Then he ^(G)prayed again, and ^(H)the sky ^[d]poured rain and the earth produced its fruit.

¹⁹ My brothers and sisters, ^(I)if anyone among you strays from ^(J)the truth and someone turns him back, ²⁰ let him know that the one who has turned a sinner from the error of his way will ^(K)save his soul from death and ^(L)cover a multitude of sins.