1 John 5:17

Any kind of wrongdoing is sin; but there is sin which is not unto death.

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

16If any one sees a brother man committing a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask and God shall give him life--for those who do not sin unto death. There is such a thing as sin unto death; for that I do not bid him make request.

18We know that no one who is a child of God lives in sin, but He who is God's Child keeps him, and the Evil one cannot touch him.

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Cross References

James 1:15Then the passion conceives, and becomes the parent of sin; and sin, when fully matured, gives birth to death.

1 John 2:1Dear children, I write thus to you in order that you may not sin. If any one sins, we have an Advocate with the Father--Jesus Christ the righteous;

1 John 5:16If any one sees a brother man committing a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask and God shall give him life--for those who do not sin unto death. There is such a thing as sin unto death; for that I do not bid him make request.

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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