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Effectual prayer
Occurs in Authorized Version, James 5:16. The Revised Version renders appropriately: “The supplication of a righteous man availeth much in its working”, i.e., “it moves the hand of Him who moves the world.”
Scripture on Effectual prayer
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Sources · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
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