"All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death." — 1 John 5:17

1 John 5:17 · KJV

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

— 1 John 5:17

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.

Verse 18

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}

1 John 5 — Context

And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.

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.

Cross References

1 John 3:4

Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.

James 1:15

Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.

1 John 5:16

James 4:7-10

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Ezekiel 18:26-32

When a righteous {man} turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and dieth in them; for his iniquity that he hath done shall he die.

Deuteronomy 12:32

What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.

1 John 2:1

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

Isaiah 1:18

Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.