1 John 5:17
All unrighteousness is sin, but there is sin that does not result in death.
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death.
In Context
Cross References
Deuteronomy 12:32Whatever I command you, observe it. Do not add to it or take away from it.
Ezekiel 18:26When the righteous man turns away from his righteousness, and commits iniquity and dies because of them, then he will die in the iniquity that he has done.
James 1:15Then after the desire conceives, it gives birth to sin, and after the sin is full grown, it gives birth to death.
1 John 2:1Children, I am writing these things to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone sins, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ, the one who is righteous.
1 John 5:16If anyone sees his brother commit a sin that does not result in death, he must pray, and God will give him life. I refer to those whose sin does not result in death. There is a sin that results in death; I am not saying that he 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 →