28 (A)[a]Verily I say unto you, all sins shall be forgiven unto the children of men, and blasphemies, wherewith they blaspheme:

29 But he that blasphemeth against the holy Ghost, shall never have forgiveness, but is culpable of eternal damnation.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 3:28 They only are without hope of salvation, which do maliciously oppugn Christ, whom they know.

10 (A)And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but unto him that shall blaspheme the holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven.

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16 [a]If any man see his brother sin a sin that is not unto death, let him [b]ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. (A)There is a sin unto death, I say not that thou shouldest pray for it.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 John 5:16 We have to make prayers not only for ourselves, but also for our brethren which do sin, that their sins be not unto them, to death: and yet he excepteth that sin, which is never forgiven, or the sin against the holy Ghost, that is to say, an universal and willful falling away from the known truth of the Gospel.
  2. 1 John 5:16 This is as much as if he said, Let him desire the Lord to forgive him, and he will forgive him being so desired.

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