1 John 5:17

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

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

16If any one see his brother sin a sin not unto death, he shall ask, and he will give him life,--to those who sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death; for that I do not say that he shall pray.

18We know that every one who has been begotten of God sins not; but he that was begotten of God keeps himself; and the evil one touches him not.

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Cross References

James 1:15Then lust, having conceived, brings forth sin; and sin, when completed, brings forth death.

1 John 2:1MY little children, these things I write to you, that ye may not sin. And if any one have sinned, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.

1 John 5:16If any one see his brother sin a sin not unto death, he shall ask, and he will give him life,--to those who sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death; for that I do not say that he shall pray.

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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