en_tn_condensed/jas/05/19.md

brothers

Here this word probably refers to both men and women. Alternate translation: "fellow believers" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-gendernotations)

if anyone among you strays from the truth, and someone brings him back

A believer who stops trusting in God and obeying him is spoken of as if he were a sheep that wandered away from the flock. The person who persuades him to trust in God again is spoken of as if he were a shepherd who goes to search for the lost sheep. Alternate translation: "whenever anyone stops obeying God, and another person helps him start obeying again" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor)