1 John 5:16 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

any man. any one. App-123.

see. App-133.

sin. sinning. App-128.

sin. App-128.

unto. App-104.

a. Omit.

pray. App-134.

for. concerning. App-104.

it. that. The sin unto death was one that might result in the brother being cut off. Compare 1 Corinthians 11:30, where many had sinned unto death "many sleep". See also James 5:14; James 5:16, where there is the same recognition of sickness being due to some special sins, as in 1 Corinthians 11:30, and of intercessory prayer as here. It is not. single act, but. continued habit.

1 John 5:16

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 it.