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1 John 5:17

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

KJV

πᾶσα ἀδικία ἁμαρτία ἐστίν, καὶ ἔστιν ἁμαρτία οὐ πρὸς θάνατον.

Greek NT

Omnis iniquitas, peccatum est : et est peccatum ad mortem.

Vulgate

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

ASV

All iniquity is sin. And there is a sin unto death.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

8 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
θάνατος
thanatos
noun · 120×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
πρός
pros
preposition · 697×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
ἀδικία
adikia
noun · 26×
ἁμαρτία
amartia
noun · 173×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1John 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:
  • 1John 3:4 — Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
  • 1John 3:4 — Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
  • 1John 5:16 — 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
  • Deut 5:32 — Ye shall observe to do therefore as the LORD your God hath commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
  • Deut 12:32 — What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.
  • Ezek 18:26 — 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.
  • Isa 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.
  • Jas 1:15 — Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
  • Jas 4:7 — Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
  • Rom 5:20 — Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound: