1 John 5:17 BSB — MannaFest

1 John 5:17

All unrighteousness is sin, yet there is sin that does not lead to death.

BSB

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

All unrighteousness is sin ... - This seems to be thrown in to guard what he had just said, and there is “one” great and enormous sin, a sin which could not be forgiven. But he says also that there are many other forms and degrees of sin, sin for which prayer may be made.

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The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

All deviation from perfect holiness is sin; but all sin is not unpardonable.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

All sin, as to the merit and legal sentence of it, is unto death. The wages of sin is death; and cursed is every one that continueth not in all things that are written in the book of the law, to do them, Gal. iii. But there is a sin unto death in opposition to such sin as is here said not to be unto death.

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
πᾶσα	pasa	All	G3956 →
ἀδικία	adikia	unrighteousness	G93 →
ἁμαρτία	hamartia	sin	G266 →
ἐστίν,	estin	is,	G1510 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἔστιν	estin	there is	G1510 →
ἁμαρτία	hamartia	sin	G266 →
οὐ	ou	not	G3756 →
πρὸς	pros	unto	G4314 →
θάνατον.	thanaton	death.	G2288 →

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Through
1 John 5:16
If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he should ask God, who will give life to those who commit this kind of sin. There is a sin that leads…
leads to
- Hebrews 6:4–6
  It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit,
- 1 Samuel 2:25
  If a man sins against another man, God can intercede for him; but if a man sins against the LORD, who can intercede for him?” But they would not listen to their father, since…
- Jeremiah 11:14
  As for you, do not pray for these people. Do not raise up a cry or a prayer on their behalf, for I will not be listening when they call out to Me in…
- Hebrews 10:26–31
  If we deliberately go on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins remains,
Through
James 1:15
Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.
leads to
- Psalms 7:14
  Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.
- Job 15:35
  They conceive trouble and give birth to evil; their womb is pregnant with deceit.”
Through
1 John 3:4
Everyone who practices sin practices lawlessness as well. Indeed, sin is lawlessness.
leads to
- Romans 3:20
  Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law. For the law merely brings awareness of sin.
- Romans 4:15
  because the law brings wrath. And where there is no law, there is no transgression.

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Where the connections lead

04Related verses

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06About 1 John

Where the connections lead

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Commentary

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The walk

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About 1 John