Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)
1 John 5:17
A gentle warning. “Principiis obsta.” Also a reassurance. “You have sinned, but not necessarily ‘unto death'.”
A gentle warning. “Principiis obsta.” Also a reassurance. “You have sinned, but not necessarily ‘unto death'.”
1 JOHN 5:17 ouv {A} The negative ouv, which is strongly attested, is lacking in several Greek and versional witnesses, probably for dogmatic reasons....
Verse 17. _ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS IS SIN_] πασααδικια, Every act contrary to _justice is sin-is a transgression of the law_ which condemns all _injustice_....
ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS IS SIN ... - This seems to be thrown in to guard what he had just said, and there is “one” great and enormous sin, a sin which could not be forgiven. But he says also that there ar...
VI. CONCLUSION CHAPTER 5:14-21 The conclusion of this great Epistle mentions first the practical confidence which a believer may have, the outcome of that relationship and fellowship with the Father...
CONCLUSION. A reminder of the writer's purpose, an assertion of the value and also the limitations of intercessory prayer, and a summary of the teaching of the epistle. 1 JOHN 5:13. THAT. LIFE: John...
If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin which is not a sin whose end is death, he will ask life for him and he will give it to him, that is, to those whose sin is not a sin whose end is death. There...
LOVE WITHIN THE DIVINE FAMILY (1 John 5:1-2)...
UNRIGHTEOUSNESS. App-128. Compare 1 John 3:4....
Conclusion and Summary Some modern writers consider that 1 John 5:13 constitutes the conclusion of the Epistle, the remainder (14 21) being a postscript or appendix, analogous to chap. 21. of the Gos...
_All unrighteousness is sin_ A warning against _carelessness_about breaches of duty, whether in ourselves or in others. All such things are sin and need the cleansing blood of Christ (1 John 1:9; 1 Jo...
Intercessory Love the Fruit of Faith and of the Possession of Life 13 17. Eternal life, faith, and brotherly love shewing boldness in intercession, are the leading ideas of this section. We have had m...
13–17. INTERCESSORY LOVE THE FRUIT OF FAITH AND OF THE POSSESSION OF LIFE 13–17. Eternal life, faith, and brotherly love shewing boldness in intercession, are the leading ideas of this section. We hav...
13–21. CONCLUSION AND SUMMARY Some modern writers consider that 1 John 5:13 constitutes the conclusion of the Epistle, the remainder (14–21) being a postscript or appendix, analogous to chap. 21 of t...
ΠΑ͂ΣΑ�. A warning against _carelessness_ about breaches of duty, whether in ourselves or in others. All such things are sin and need the cleansing blood of Christ (1 John 1:9; 1 John 2:2). Here, there...
ΆΔΙΚΊΑ (G93) неправедность....
_1 JOHN 5:16_.— In the apostolic age, the power of working miracles was very common; and in this conclusion of his epistle St. John gives directions to the Christians, to whom that power was granted....
CHAPTER XVI _HEREBY WE KNOW_ 1 John 5:13-21 A. _The text_ These things have I written unto you, that ye may know that ye have eternal life, even unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God...
All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death. Every "unrighteousness (even that of believers, cf. 1 John 1:9; 1 John 3:4: coming short of right) is sin;" (but) not every sin is tha...
VERSE 17. ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS IS SIN. All wrongdoing is sin; every coming short of that which is right is sin, and, of course, if persisted in, must result in death. Where one steels his heart agains...
6 It is a remarkable fact that the word _ testify _ is used concerning the Lord's baptism in water (Joh_1:34), and concerning His crucifixion (Joh_19:35), and here again of the spirit (6). This is con...
THE LOVE, OBEDIENCE, AND ASSURANCE OF BELIEVERS 1. The reason for brotherly love. 2. This is the converse of 1 John 4:19. Love to God and love to the brethren being inseparable, each is the test of...
HOW CAN I BE SURE? 1 JOHN _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 5 *FAITH OVERCOMES THE *WORLD (1 JOHN 5:1-5) V1 Jesus is the *Christ. Everyone who believes this has been born of God. Everyone who loves the fa...
(2) WHAT CAN BE DONE FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT COME UP TO THE STANDARD ASSUMED (1 John 5:14). (14) AND THIS IS THE CONFIDENCE. — The assurance intended in 1 John 5:13 implies confidence, and confidence mea...
CHAPTER 18 SIN UNTO DEATH 1 John 5:17 THE Church has ever spoken of seven deadly sins. Here is the ugly catalogue. Pride, covetousness, lust, envy, gluttony, hatred, sloth. Many of us pray often "f...
ASK ACCORDING TO HIS WILL 1 John 5:13 We know that we have eternal life. The rope is in our hand bearing us onward, but its ends are hidden from view in the past and in the future. We also know that...
The final subject is our fellowship with God in life. This is fundamental, and is shown to be so. The relationship between the life of God and the love of God is self-evident, and that is equally true...
"SIN LEADING TO DEATH" John next wrote about a "sin leading to death." Several other passages in scripture appear to speak of that sin (Hebrews 6:4-6; Hebrews 10:26-27; 2 Peter 2:20-22;...
(16) All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death. (16) The taking away of an objection: indeed all iniquity is comprehended under the name of sin: but yet we must not despair theref...
_All iniquity [4] is sin. The sense here is, that sin is always an injury or an injustice done to God; but though every sin implies such an injury and an offence against God, yet there are different d...
And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he heareth us: (15) And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petition...
17_All unrighteousness _This passage may be explained variously. If you take it adversatively, the sense would not be unsuitable, “Though all unrighteousness is sin, yet every sin is not unto death.”...
But a danger exists on the other side. It may be, that we love the brethren because they are pleasant to us; they furnish us with agreeable society, in which our conscience is not wounded. A counter-p...
ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS IS SIN,.... All unrighteousness against God or man is a sin against the law of God, and the wrath of God is revealed against it, and it is deserving of death; yet all unrighteousne...
All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death. Ver. 17. _There is a sin not unto death_] All sins and blasphemies shall be forgiven unto men, but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost,...
_If any man_, &c. As if he had said, Yea, he hears us not only for ourselves, but others also; _see his brother_ That is, any child of man; _sin a sin which is not unto death_ That is, any sin but tha...
A SIN NOT UNTO DEATH; one that may be repented of and forgiven....
The obligations of divine sonship:...
ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS IS SIN; AND THERE IS A SIN NOT UNTO DEATH....
“Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and everyone that loveth Him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of Him.” The faith that Jesus is the Christ is here seen to corre...
13-17 Upon all this evidence, it is but right that we believe on the name of the Son of God. Believers have eternal life in the covenant of the gospel. Then let us thankfully receive the record of Sc...
OLBGrk; He intimates they should be cautious of all sin, especially more deliberate, (which the word adikia seems to import), but would not have them account that every sin would make their case so h...
1 John 5:17 All G3956 unrighteousness G93 is G2076 (G5748) sin G266 and G2532 is G2076 (G5748) sin...
CONCLUSION (1 JOHN 5:14). John concludes his letter with four major points. 1) The certainty that Christians can have of victory through prayer. In the face of all that confronts them they can be bo...
THEY ARE TO BE WATCHFUL FOR ONE ANOTHER AND CONTINUE INSTANT IN PRAYER FOR ONE ANOTHER (1 JOHN 5:16). ‘If any man see his brother sinning a sin not unto death, he shall ask, and God will give him lif...
1 John 5:16-17. The transition from prayer in general to intercessory prayer seems to be abrupt; but it must be remembered that brotherly love is made identical with Christian life, and its offices wi...
The ruling idea of the third part is Faith in the Spirit's testimony concerning the Son of God incarnate. The close of chap. 3 introduces the theme by the first explicit mention of faith and the Spiri...
ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS IS SIN (πασα αδικια αμαρτια εστιν). Unrighteousness is one manifestation of sin as lawlessness (1 John 3:4) is another (Brooke). The world today takes sin too lightly, even joki...
1 John 5:14 The Sin unto Death. St. John appears to speak of some one sin as standing apart from all others, as a sin unto death a sin so fatal, so entirely beyond the possibility of pardon, that Chr...
1 John 5:1. _Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God:_ These are very simple words, but they contain a great depth of meaning. The teaching conveyed by this Epistle is very profou...
1 John 5:1. _Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God._ Take comfort, believer, from that declaration. You have accepted Jesus as the Christ the anointed of God, so the apostle aff...
CONTENTS: Faith the overcoming principle. The advantages of faith in salvation, prayer, preservation from sin. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Satan, John. CONCLUSION: He who has been born agai...
1 John 5:1. _Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ, is born of God._ The faith which embraces him as the Lord of glory, has a regenerating influence on the heart. The immediate fruit is love to...
ALL WRONGDOING IS SIN. All sin is a serious matter and not to be taken lightly!!! BUT THERE IS SIN. "The Christian with sin on his hands comes confidently to his Father and asks to have it forgiven!!!...
_There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it _ THE SIN UNTO DEATH The sin mentioned here is not the same as the “sin against the Holy Ghost. ” The persons spoken of as respecti...
1 JOHN—NOTE ON 1 JOHN 5:13 Final Call to Faith and Understanding. “Know” occurs seven times in these verses. This indicates John’s focus on the assurance of Christian faith and salvation....
1 JOHN—NOTE ON 1 JOHN 5:17 ALL WRONGDOING is a matter of grave concern, in light of God’s utter perfection and zealous love. However, not all sin leads TO DEATH (see note on v. 16), so Chr
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ 1 John 5:13 may be treated as a summary and conclusion. They divide into three parts: 1. Faith in the Son of God, eternal life, and love of the brethren showing itsel...
EXPOSITION 1 JOHN 5:1 Faith is the source of love. 1 JOHN 5:1 The verse is a sorites. To believe in the Incarnation involves birth from God. To be born of God involves loving God. To love God invol...
Chuck Smith Whosoever believes that Jesus is the Messiah is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him (1 John 5:1). So I say, "I love Jesus. He is...
1 John 3:4; 1 John 5:16; Deuteronomy 12:32; Deuteronomy 5:32;...
Unrighteousness [α δ ι κ ι α]. This is the character of every offense against that which is right. Every breach of duty is a manifestation of sin. Compare 1 John 3:4, where sin is defined as ajnomia l...
SALVATION MADE SURE 1 John 5:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Taking stock is a very important thing with the business man. Laying a good foundation is a very important task with the builder, Feeling the. pulse...
SOME THINGS WE MAY KNOW 1 John 5:1, _1 John 5:11_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS There may be some places where uncertainties lend enchantment to the view, but in matters of life and death we want full assuranc...
All deviation from perfect holiness is sin; but all sin is not unpardonable....