1 John 5:17
Yes, all that is not right is sin, but there's sin that is not deadly.)
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death.
In Context
Cross References
Deuteronomy 12:32Be careful to do everything I order you to do. Don't add or take away anything from these instructions.
Ezekiel 18:26If someone who lives according to what's right stops doing right and does wrong, they will die. They will die because of wrong things they've done.
James 1:15Such desires lead to sin, and sin, when it's fully developed, causes death.
1 John 2:1My dear children, I'm writing this to you so you shouldn't sin. But if anybody should happen to sin, we have someone who defends us before the Father—Jesus Christ, who is truly good and right.
1 John 5:16If you see your Christian brother or sister committing a sin that is not a deadly sin, you ought to pray and God will grant life to the one who's sinned. (But not for a deadly sin. There's a sin that is deadly, and I'm not saying people should pray about that.
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 →