1 John 5:17

All iniquity is sin. And there is a sin unto death.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death.

In Context

16He that knoweth his brother to sin a sin which is not to death, let him ask, and life shall be given to him, who sinneth not to death. There is a sin unto death: for that I say not that any man ask.

18We know that whosoever is born of God, sinneth not: but the generation of God preserveth him, and the wicked one toucheth him not.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 12:32What I command thee, that only do thou to the Lord: neither add any thing, nor diminish.

Ezekiel 18:26For when the just turneth himself away from his justice, and committeth iniquity, he shall die therein: in the injustice that he hath wrought he shall die.

James 1:15Then when concupiscence hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin. But sin, when it is completed, begetteth death.

1 John 2:1My little children, these things I write to you, that you may not sin. But if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the just:

1 John 5:16He that knoweth his brother to sin a sin which is not to death, let him ask, and life shall be given to him, who sinneth not to death. There is a sin unto death: for that I say not that any man ask.

Matthew Henry on 1 John 5:15-18

The Sin unto Death. ( a. d. 80.) 14 And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: 15 And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him. 16 If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it. 17 All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin… Read the whole commentary →

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