1 John 5:17

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

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

In The King James Version

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

In Context

16If any one may see his brother sinning a sin not unto death, he shall ask, and he will give him life to those sinning not unto death. There is a sin unto death; concerning this I do not say that you may ask.

18We know that every one who has been born of God, sins not; but the one having been born of God keeps himself, and the evil one does not touch him.

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Cross References

James 1:15Then the lust, conceiving, brings forth sin; and sin, having been perfected, produces death.

1 John 2:1My little children, I write these things to you, in order that you may not sin. And if any one may sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:

1 John 5:16If any one may see his brother sinning a sin not unto death, he shall ask, and he will give him life to those sinning not unto death. There is a sin unto death; concerning this I do not say that you may ask.

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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