1 John 5:16

Catholic Public Domain Version

Anyone who realizes that his brother has sinned, with a sin that is not unto death, let him pray, and life shall be given to him who has sinned not unto death. There is a sin which is unto death. I am not saying that anyone should ask on behalf of that sin.

Cross References

Genesis 20:17

Then when Abraham prayed, God healed Abimelech and his wife, and his handmaids, and they gave birth.

Genesis 20:7

Now therefore, return his wife to the man, for he is a prophet. And he will pray for you, and you will live. But if you are not willing to return her, know this: you shall die a death, you and all that is yours."

Psalm 106:23

Those who descend to the sea in ships, making their livelihood in the great waters:

Exodus 34:9

he said: "If I have found grace in your sight, O Lord, I beg you to walk with us, (for the people are stiff-necked) and take away our iniquities and our sin, and so possess us."

Jeremiah 11:14

Therefore, you should not choose to pray for this people, and you should not take up praise and petitioning on their behalf. For I will not heed them in the time of their outcry to me, in the time of their affliction.

Jeremiah 14:11

And the Lord said to me: "Do not choose to pray for this people for good.

Jeremiah 7:16

Therefore, you should not pray for this people, nor take up praise and supplication on their behalf. And you should not stand in opposition to me. For then I will not heed you.

Ezekiel 22:30

And I sought among them for a man who might set up a hedge, and stand in the gap before me on behalf of the land, so that I might not destroy it; and I found no one.

Numbers 12:13

And Moses cried out to the Lord, saying, "O God, I beg you: heal her."

Numbers 15:30

Yet truly, the soul who commits any of these acts through arrogance, whether he is a citizen or a sojourner, because he has rebelled against the Lord, shall perish from among his people.

Luke 12:10

And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of man, it will be forgiven of him. But of him who will have blasphemed against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven.

John 17:9

I pray for them. I do not pray for the world, but for those whom you have given to me. For they are yours.

2 Timothy 4:14

Alexander the coppersmith has shown me much evil; the Lord will repay him according to his works.

1 John 5:17

All that is iniquity is sin. But there is a sin unto death.

1 Samuel 12:19

And all the people feared the Lord and Samuel exceedingly. And all the people said to Samuel: "Pray, on behalf of your servants, to the Lord your God, so that we may not die. For we have added to all our sins this evil, that we would petition for a king."

1 Samuel 2:25

If a man has sinned against a man, God may be able to be appeased over him. But if a man has sinned against the Lord, who will pray for him?" But they did not listen to the voice of their father, that the Lord was willing to kill them.