1 John 5:18
We know that whosoeuer is borne of God, sinneth not: but he that is begotten of God, keepeth himselfe, and that wicked one toucheth him not.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
17All vnrighteousnesse is sinne, but there is a sinne not vnto death.
19We knowe that we are of God, and this whole world lieth in wickednesse.
Cross References
Psalms 17:4Concerning the workes of men, by the wordes of thy lips I kept mee from the paths of the cruell man.
Psalms 39:1To the excellent musician Ieduthun. I thought, I will take heede to my wayes, that I sinne not with my tongue: I will keepe my mouth brideled, while the wicked is in my sight.
Proverbs 4:23Keepe thine heart with all diligence: for thereout commeth life.
John 3:2This man came to Iesus by night, and sayd vnto him, Rabbi, we knowe ye thou art a teacher come from God: for no man could do these miracles that thou doest, except God were with him.
John 15:4Abide in me, and I in you: as the branche cannot beare fruite of it selfe, except it abide in the vine, no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
John 15:9As the father hath loued me, so haue I loued you: continue in that my loue.
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 →