1 John 5:17

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

1770 John Worsley NT

In The King James Version

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

In Context

16If any one see his brother commit a sin which is not unto death, let him pray for him, and God will give him life, that is for them that do not sin unto death. There is a sin unto death: and for that I do not say that he should pray.

18We know that whosoever is born of God, doth not practise sin: but keepeth himself from it, and the wicked one doth not touch him.

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Cross References

James 1:15Then desire having conceived bringeth forth sin, and sin when it is finished bringeth forth death.

1 John 2:1My little children, I write these things unto you, that ye may not sin. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.

1 John 5:16If any one see his brother commit a sin which is not unto death, let him pray for him, and God will give him life, that is for them that do not sin unto death. There is a sin unto death: and for that I do not say that he should pray.

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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