Key Verse Spotlight
1 John 5:17 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death.”
1 John 5:17
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.
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.
All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death.
We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not. {is born: Gr. has been born}
{And} we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.
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