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16 If you see that another Christian is doing something bad, this is what you should do. If it is a sin that does not cause death, pray that God will help him. Then God will help that person to live for ever with him. That is for a sin which does not cause death. But there is a sin that causes death. If another Christian does that, I am not saying that you should pray for God to help that person. 17 Any wrong thing that a person does is sin. But not all sins cause death.[a]

18 Nobody who has become a child of God continues to do wrong things. Instead, the Son of God keeps him safe.[b] Satan cannot do anything against a child of God.

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Footnotes

  1. 5:17 ‘A sin that causes death’ is when someone does a bad thing that takes him completely away from life with God. A sin like that causes a person to die in their spirit, so that they can no longer live with God for ever.
  2. 5:18 Or: ‘God keeps his children safe.’