1 John 5:16 - Modern English Version

¹⁶ If anyone sees his brother commit a sin which does not lead to death, he shall ask, and He shall give him life. This is for those whose sin does not lead to death. There is a sin that leads to death. I do not say that he should pray for it.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ If anyone sees his brother [believer] committing a sin that does not [lead to] death (the extinguishing of life), he will pray and [God] will give him life [yes, He will grant life to all those whose sin is not one leading to death]. There is a sin [that leads] to death; I do not say that one should pray for that.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ If any man see his brother sinning a sin not unto death, he shall ask, and God will give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: not concerning this do I say that he should make request.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ If anyone sees a brother or sister committing a sin that does not result in death, they should pray, and God will give life to them—that is, to those who commit sins that don’t result in death. There is a sin that results in death—I’m not saying that you should pray about that.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ 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.

1 John 5:16 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 20:17

So Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, his wife, and his female servants. Then they bore children.

Genesis 20:7

Therefore return the man’s wife, for he is a prophet and he will pray for you. Moreover, you will live. However, if you do not return her, know that you will surely die, you and all who are yours.”

Psalm 106:23

Therefore He said that He would destroy them, had not Moses, His chosen one, stood before Him in the breach, to turn away His wrath from destroying them.

Exodus 34:9

He said, “If now I have found favor in Your sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray, go among us, for we are a stiff-necked people. Pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for your inheritance.”

Jeremiah 11:14

Therefore do not pray for this people, nor lift up a cry or prayer for them. For I will not hear them in the time that they cry to Me because of their trouble.

Jeremiah 14:11

Then the Lord said to me: Do not pray for the good of this people.

Jeremiah 7:16

As for you, do not pray for this people or lift up a cry, or prayer for them, or make intercession to Me, for I will not hear you.

Ezekiel 22:30

I sought for a man among them who would build up the hedge and stand in the gap before Me for the land so that I would not destroy it, but I found no one.

Numbers 12:13

And Moses cried out to the Lord, saying, “O God, heal her, I pray!”

Numbers 15:30

But the person who acts by a high hand, the natural-born citizen or the foreigner, the same reviles the Lord, and that person will be cut off from among his people.

Luke 12:10

And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but he who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit 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 Me. For they are Yours.

2 Timothy 4:14

Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil. May the Lord reward him according to his works.

1 John 5:17

All wrongdoing is sin, but there is a sin that does not lead to death.

1 Samuel 12:19

All the people said to Samuel, “Pray for your servants to the Lord your God, that we will not die, for we have added to all our sins this evil, to ask for ourselves a king.”

1 Samuel 2:25

If one man sins against another, God will judge him, but if a man sins against the Lord, who will intercede for him?” But they did not listen to the voice of their father, because the Lord desired to kill them.