1 John 5:16

If one should see his brother committing a sin, not unto death, he shall ask, and He will grant unto him life,—for them who are sinning, not unto death. There, is, a sin, unto death: not concerning that, am I saying, that he should make request.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 we know that he doth hearken unto us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the things asked, which we have asked of him,

17All unrighteousness, is, sin, and there, is, a sin, not unto death.

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Cross References

Genesis 20:17And Abraham prayed unto God,—and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maid-servants, so that they bare children,

Exodus 32:31So Moses returned unto Yahweh, and said,—Oh now, this people hath sinned a great sin, and they have made for themselves—gods of gold.

Numbers 12:13Then Moses made outcry unto Yahweh, saying,—O GOD, I beseech thee grant healing. I beseech thee unto her.

Numbers 15:30But, as for the person who acteth with a high hand—of the native born or of the sojourners, Yahweh himself, he, reproacheth,—therefore shall that person be cut off out of the midst of his people.

Deuteronomy 9:18Then lay I prostrate before Yahweh as at the first, forty days and forty nights, food, did I not eat, and water, did I not drink,—because of all your sin which ye had sinned, in doing the thing that was wicked, in the eyes of Yahweh. to provoke him to anger.

2 Chronicles 30:18For, the multitude of the people, many out of Ephraim and Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun, had not purified themselves, for they did eat the passover, otherwise than as was written,—for Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, May Yahweh the Good, put a propitiatory-covering about

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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