1 John 5:16

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

If anyone sees a brother or sister committing a sin that does not lead to death, they should pray, and God will give life to them—those whose sin does not lead to death. There is a sin that leads to death; I am not saying that one should pray about that.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin not leading to death, he will ask, and He will give him life for those who commit sin not leading to death. There is a sin leading to death; I do not say that he should pray about that.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    If{G1437} any man{G5100} see{G1492} his{G846} brother{G80} sinning{G264} a sin{G266} not{G3361} unto{G4314} death,{G2288} he shall ask,{G154} and{G2532} [God] will give{G1325} him{G846} life{G2222} for them that sin{G264} not{G3361} unto{G4314} death.{G2288} There is{G2076} a sin{G266} unto{G4314} death:{G2288} not{G3756} concerning this do{G3004} I say{G3004} that{G2443} he should make{G4012} {G1565} request.{G2065}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    If{G1437} any man{G5100} see{G1492}{(G5632)} his{G846} brother{G80} sin{G264}{(G5723)} a sin{G266} which is not{G3361} unto{G4314} death{G2288}, he shall ask{G154}{(G5692)}, and{G2532} he shall give{G1325}{(G5692)} him{G846} life{G2222} for them that sin{G264}{(G5723)} not{G3361} unto{G4314} death{G2288}. There is{G2076}{(G5748)} a sin{G266} unto{G4314} death{G2288}: I do not{G3756} say{G3004}{(G5719)} that{G2443} he shall pray{G2065}{(G5661)} for{G4012} it{G1565}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    Yf eny man se his brother synne a synne that is not vnto deeth let him axe and he shall geve him lyfe for them that synne not vnto deeth. Ther is a synne vnto deeth for which saye I not that a man shuld praye.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Yf eny man se his brother synne a synne not vnto death, let him axe, and he shal geue him life, for the yt synne not vnto death. There is a synne vnto death, for the which saye I not that a man shulde praye.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    If any man see his brother sinne a sinne that is not vnto death, let him aske, and he shall giue him life for them that sinne not vnto death. There is a sinne vnto death: I say not that thou shouldest pray for it.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    If any man see his brother sinne a sinne not vnto death, let hym aske, and he shal geue him life for them that sinne not vnto death. There is a sinne vnto death: I say not that thou shouldest pray for it.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin not leading to death, he shall ask, and God will give him life for those who sin not leading to death. There is a sin leading to death. I don't say that he should make a request concerning this.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    If any one may see his brother sinning a sin not unto death, he shall ask, and He shall give to him life to those sinning not unto death; there is sin to death, not concerning it do I speak that he may beseech;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    If any man see his brother sinning a sin not unto death, he shall ask, and `God' will give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: not concerning this do I say that he should make request.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    If any man see his brother sinning a sin not unto death, he shall ask, and [God] will give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: not concerning this do I say that he should make request.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    If a man sees his brother doing a sin which is not bad enough for death, let him make a prayer to God, and God will give life to him whose sin was not bad enough for death. There is a sin whose punishment is death: I do not say that he may make such a request then.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin not leading to death, he shall ask, and God will give him life for those who sin not leading to death. There is a sin leading to death. I don't say that he should make a request concerning this.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    If anyone sees his fellow Christian committing a sin not resulting in death, he should ask, and God will grant life to the person who commits a sin not resulting in death. There is a sin resulting in death. I do not say that he should ask about that.

Referenced Verses

  • Heb 6:4-6 : 4 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have shared in the Holy Spirit, 5 and who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age, 6 if they fall away, to restore them again to repentance, since they are crucifying the Son of God again for themselves and subjecting Him to public disgrace.
  • 1 Sam 2:25 : 25 ‘If a man sins against another man, God may mediate for him; but if a man sins against the LORD, who will intercede for him?’ But they would not listen to their father, for it was the LORD’s will to put them to death.
  • Jer 7:16 : 16 As for you, do not pray for this people, do not raise a cry or prayer for them, and do not intercede with me, for I will not listen to you.
  • Jer 11:14 : 14 As for you, do not pray for this people or lift up a cry or petition for them, for I will not listen to them when they cry out to me because of their disaster.
  • Num 15:30 : 30 But anyone who sins defiantly, whether native-born or a foreigner, is blaspheming the Lord and must be cut off from their people.
  • Matt 12:31-32 : 31 Therefore, I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven people, but blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven. 32 Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come.
  • Heb 10:26-31 : 26 For if we deliberately keep on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no sacrifice for sins is left, 27 but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume the enemies of God. 28 Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. 29 How much more severe punishment do you think someone deserves who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, treated as unholy the blood of the covenant that sanctified them, and insulted the Spirit of grace? 30 For we know Him who said, 'Vengeance is Mine; I will repay,' says the Lord. And again, 'The Lord will judge His people.' 31 It is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
  • Jas 5:14-15 : 14 Is anyone among you sick? Let them call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over them, anointing them with oil in the name of the Lord. 15 And the prayer of faith will save the sick person, and the Lord will raise them up; and if they have committed sins, they will be forgiven.
  • 2 Pet 2:20-22 : 20 For if, after escaping the defilements of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and are overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first. 21 For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than, having known it, to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them. 22 Of them the true proverb has come true: "A dog returns to its own vomit," and, "A sow that is washed returns to wallowing in the mud."
  • Luke 12:10 : 10 And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.
  • Jer 14:11 : 11 Then the LORD said to me, "Do not pray for the well-being of this people."
  • Jer 15:1-2 : 1 Then the LORD said to me: 'Even if Moses and Samuel were to stand before Me, My heart would not go out to these people. Send them away from My presence and let them go.' 2 And if they ask you, 'Where should we go?' tell them, 'This is what the LORD says: Those destined for death, to death; those for the sword, to the sword; those for famine, to famine; and those for captivity, to captivity.'
  • Jer 18:18-21 : 18 Then they said, 'Come, let's devise plans against Jeremiah, for instruction won't vanish from the priest, counsel from the wise, or a word from the prophet. Come, let's attack him with our words, and let's not pay attention to anything he says.' 19 Listen to me, Lord! Hear what my accusers are saying! 20 Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for me. Remember how I stood before You to speak on their behalf, to turn Your wrath away from them. 21 So give their children over to famine; hand them over to the power of the sword. Let their wives become childless and widowed, and let their men die by deadly disease; let their young men be struck down in battle.
  • Ezek 22:30 : 30 I searched for someone among them who would build up the wall and stand in the gap before me on behalf of the land so that I would not destroy it, but I found no one.
  • Amos 7:1-3 : 1 This is what the Lord God showed me: He was forming a swarm of locusts at the beginning of the late crop, after the royal harvest. 2 When they had finished eating the vegetation of the land, I said, 'Lord God, please forgive! How can Jacob survive? He is so small!' 3 So the Lord relented concerning this: 'It will not happen,' said the Lord.
  • Num 16:26-32 : 26 He warned the assembly, "Move away from the tents of these wicked men! Do not touch anything that belongs to them, or you will be swept away because of all their sins." 27 So they moved away from the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. Dathan and Abiram had come out and were standing with their wives, children, and little ones at the entrances to their tents. 28 Then Moses said, "This is how you will know that the Lord has sent me to do all these things and that it was not my own idea: 29 If these men die a natural death and experience only what usually happens to men, then the Lord has not sent me. 30 But if the Lord brings about something unprecedented and the ground opens its mouth to swallow them and everything that belongs to them, and they go down alive into the grave, then you will know that these men have treated the Lord with contempt. 31 As soon as he finished speaking all these words, the ground beneath them split apart. 32 The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and their households, along with all of Korah's men and all their possessions.
  • Deut 9:18-20 : 18 Then I fell down before the LORD as I had done before, for forty days and forty nights. I ate no bread and drank no water because of all the sin you had committed, doing what was evil in the LORD's sight and provoking him to anger. 19 I was afraid of the fierce anger and wrath the LORD had directed against you, enough to destroy you. But the LORD listened to me that time also. 20 The LORD was very angry with Aaron, and he was ready to destroy him. But I prayed for Aaron at that time as well.
  • 2 Chr 30:18-20 : 18 Although most of the people from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun had not purified themselves, they ate the Passover contrary to what was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, 'May the LORD, who is good, pardon everyone 19 who sets their heart on seeking God—the LORD, the God of their ancestors—even if they are not clean according to the rules of the sanctuary.' 20 And the LORD heard Hezekiah and healed the people.
  • Job 42:7-9 : 7 After the LORD had spoken these words to Job, He said to Eliphaz the Temanite, 'My anger burns against you and your two friends, because you have not spoken the truth about Me as My servant Job has.' 8 So now, take seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and offer a burnt offering for yourselves. My servant Job will pray for you, and I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly, because you have not spoken the truth about Me as My servant Job has. 9 So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite did as the LORD had instructed them, and the LORD accepted Job's prayer.
  • Ps 106:23 : 23 So He said He would destroy them had not Moses, His chosen one, stood in the breach before Him to turn His wrath away from destroying them.
  • Gen 20:7 : 7 Now return the man's wife, for he is a prophet, and he will pray for you and you will live. But if you do not return her, you can be sure that you and all who belong to you will die.'
  • Gen 20:17 : 17 Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, his wife, and his female servants, so they could bear children again.
  • Exod 32:10-14 : 10 Now leave me alone so that my anger may burn against them and I may destroy them. Then I will make you into a great nation." 11 But Moses sought the favor of the LORD his God and said, "LORD, why does your anger burn against your people, whom you brought out of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand?" 12 Why should the Egyptians say, 'He brought them out with evil intent, to kill them in the mountains and to wipe them off the face of the earth'? Turn from your burning anger and relent concerning this disaster against your people. 13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants to whom you swore by yourself: 'I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heavens, and I will give your descendants all this land that I have promised, and they shall inherit it forever.' 14 So the LORD relented concerning the disaster He had said He would bring on His people.
  • Exod 32:31-32 : 31 So Moses returned to the LORD and said, "Oh, this people have committed a great sin; they have made themselves gods of gold. 32 But now, if You will forgive their sin, please do so. But if not, then blot me out of the book You have written."
  • Exod 34:9 : 9 He said, "If I have found favor in your eyes, O Lord, please let the Lord go with us. Although this is a stiff-necked people, forgive our iniquity and our sin, and make us Your inheritance."
  • Num 12:13 : 13 So Moses cried out to the LORD, 'O God, please heal her!'
  • Num 14:11-21 : 11 The LORD said to Moses, "How long will these people treat me with contempt? How long will they refuse to believe in me, despite all the signs I have performed among them? 12 I will strike them down with a plague and destroy them, and I will make you into a nation greater and stronger than they. 13 But Moses said to the LORD, "The Egyptians will hear about it! By your power you brought these people up from among them. 14 They will tell the inhabitants of this land about it. They have already heard that you, LORD, are among these people, that you, LORD, have been seen face to face, that your cloud stays over them, and that you go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night. 15 If you put all these people to death as one man, the nations who have heard about your fame will say, 16 'The LORD was not able to bring these people into the land he promised them on oath, so he slaughtered them in the wilderness.' 17 Now may the Lord's strength be displayed, just as you have declared: 18 'The LORD is slow to anger, abundant in steadfast love, forgiving iniquity and rebellion; yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished, bringing the consequences of the fathers' iniquity upon the children to the third and fourth generation.' 19 Please pardon the iniquity of this people, according to the greatness of your steadfast love, just as you have forgiven them from Egypt until now. 20 The LORD replied, 'I have forgiven them, as you asked.' 21 Nevertheless, as surely as I live and as surely as the glory of the LORD fills the whole earth,
  • John 17:9 : 9 I pray for them. I am not praying for the world, but for those You have given Me, for they are Yours.
  • 2 Tim 4:14 : 14 Alexander the coppersmith did me a great deal of harm; may the Lord repay him according to his deeds.
  • Mark 3:28-30 : 28 Truly I tell you, all sins and blasphemies of men will be forgiven, 29 but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; they are guilty of eternal sin. 30 He said this because they were saying, "He has an impure spirit."

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 86%

    17 All wrongdoing is sin, and yet there is sin that does not lead to death.

    18 We know that anyone born of God does not continue to sin; the One who was born of God keeps them safe, and the evil one cannot harm them.

  • 77%

    12 Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.

    13 I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know you have eternal life, and so that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.

    14 This is the confidence we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.

    15 And if we know that He hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we already have what we have asked of Him.

  • Jas 5:13-16
    4 verses
    74%

    13 Is anyone among you suffering hardship? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praises.

    14 Is anyone among you sick? Let them call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over them, anointing them with oil in the name of the Lord.

    15 And the prayer of faith will save the sick person, and the Lord will raise them up; and if they have committed sins, they will be forgiven.

    16 Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is very powerful and effective.

  • 72%

    14 We know that we have passed from death to life because we love our brothers and sisters. The one who does not love remains in death.

    15 Everyone who hates their brother or sister is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in them.

    16 This is how we have come to know love: He laid down His life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.

  • 1 John 3:4-6
    3 verses
    71%

    4 Everyone who commits sin also practices lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness.

    5 You know that He appeared to take away sins, and in Him there is no sin.

    6 No one who abides in Him keeps on sinning; no one who continues to sin has seen Him or known Him.

  • 70%

    7 But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, His Son, cleanses us from all sin.

    8 If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.

    9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just, and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.

    10 If we claim we have not sinned, we make Him out to be a liar, and His word is not in us.

  • 70%

    9 No one born of God practices sin, for His seed abides in them; they cannot keep on sinning, because they have been born of God.

    10 By this the children of God and the children of the devil are distinguished: Anyone who does not practice righteousness and does not love their brother or sister is not of God.

  • Jas 5:19-20
    2 verses
    70%

    19 My brothers and sisters, if anyone among you strays from the truth and someone turns them back,

    20 let them know that whoever turns a sinner from the error of their way will save their soul from death and cover a multitude of sins.

  • 3 Be on guard! If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.

  • 1 My dear children, I am writing these things to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate before the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.

  • 69%

    20 If anyone says, 'I love God,' but hates their brother or sister, they are a liar. For the one who does not love their brother or sister whom they have seen cannot love God whom they have not seen.

    21 And this commandment we have from Him: Whoever loves God must also love their brother or sister.

  • 31 Therefore, I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven people, but blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.

  • 25 Brothers, pray also for us.

  • 9 about sin, because they do not believe in me;

  • 15 If your brother sins against you, go and show him his fault, just between the two of you. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over.

  • 15 Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and when sin is fully grown, it gives birth to death.

  • 12 Not like Cain, who was from the evil one and killed his brother. And why did he kill him? Because his deeds were evil and his brother’s were righteous.

  • 25 'And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive them, so that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses.'

  • 5 When someone realizes their guilt in one of these matters, they must confess the sin they have committed.

  • 17 So, if anyone knows the good they ought to do and doesn’t do it, it is sin for them.

  • 5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without rebuke, and it will be given to him.

  • 23 So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you,

  • Rom 5:12-13
    2 verses
    67%

    12 Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, so death spread to all people, because all sinned.

    13 For sin was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not counted where there is no law.

  • 16 And the gift is not like the result of the one man’s sin. For judgment followed one sin and brought condemnation, but the free gift followed many trespasses and brought justification.

  • 36 The one who believes in the Son has eternal life. But the one who disobeys the Son will not see life; instead, the wrath of God remains on him.

  • 31 We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if anyone is God-fearing and does His will, He listens to them.

  • 7 If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.

  • 21 Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God.

  • 23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

  • 10 For the death He died, He died to sin once for all time; but the life He lives, He lives to God.

  • 17 If someone sins and does something against any of the commands of the LORD, even though they were unaware of it, they are still guilty and shall bear their punishment.

  • 24 The sins of some people are obvious, leading them to judgment ahead of them, but the sins of others follow after.