1 John 5:16

If-supposing someone may-behold the brother of{same} sinning [a] sin, he-will-give-cause/request not toward death and will-give being-alive[noun] to{same}. To{the[plural] sinning} not toward death, it-is-being sin toward death. I-am-saying not about of{the-there} in-which-place he-should-ask.

Garth's Hyper-literal Translation

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

15and if-supposing we-have-beheld that he-is-hearing[i.e. listening to] of{us}, what supposing we-may-be-giving-cause/requesting-for-selves, we-have-beheld that we-are-having the cause/request-effects which we-have-given-cause/requested beside of{same}.

17Every injustice is-being sin and is-being sin not toward death.

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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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