1 John 5:16-18

Disciples’ Literal New Testament

But I Am Not Implying You Should Pray About a Sin Leading To Death

¹⁶If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin not leading to death, he shall request, and He will give him life— for the ones sinning a sin not leading to death. There is a sin leading to death^[a]. I am not saying that he should pray about that. ¹⁷All unrighteousness is sin, and there is sin not leading to death.

That God’s Children Are Not Sinning, And Are Protected From Satan

¹⁸We know that everyone having been born^[b] from God is not sinning^[c]. But the One^[d] having been fathered from God is keeping^[e] him. And the evil one is not touching^[f] him.

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Footnotes

1 John 5:16 If John means physical death, any sin leading to this level of discipline from God could be in view, as in Act 5:5; 1 Cor 11:30. If John means spiritual, eternal death, some think he means the knowing and deliberate rejection of Christ, as in 2:19, 22, and Heb 6:4-6; 10:26-29.
1 John 5:18 Or, fathered.
1 John 5:18 See 3:9.
1 John 5:18 the One having been fathered... him. Or, the one having been born from God is keeping himself [from sin].
1 John 5:18 Or, guarding, keeping watch over, preserving.
1 John 5:18 That is, to bring him harm.

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