1 John 5:17

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

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

16If any person see his brother committing a sin not unto death, he shall request, and God will grant him life for those that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I say not that he should request for that.

18We know that every one who is born of God sinneth not; but he that is born of God preserveth himself, and the wicked one toucheth him not.

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Cross References

James 1:15Then passion impregnated, bringeth forth sin, and sin reaching its consummation, bringeth forth death.

1 John 2:1MY dear children, these things I write to you, that ye should not sin. And if any of us sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:

1 John 5:16If any person see his brother committing a sin not unto death, he shall request, and God will grant him life for those that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I say not that he should request for 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 →

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