1John.5.16

1 John 5:16

KJV

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.

Effective Prayer

Cross References

Numbers 15:30

KJV GOD

¶ But the soul that doeth ought presumptuously, whether he be born in the land, or a stranger, the same reproacheth the Lord; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.

Offerings for Unintentional Sins

1 Samuel 12:19

KJV

And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto the Lord thy God, that we die not: for we have added unto all our sins this evil, to ask us a king.

Samuel’s Farewell Address

The King Confirmed

Job 42:8

KJV GOD

Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job.

The LORD Rebukes Job’s Friends

Jeremiah 7:16

KJV GOD

Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to me: for I will not hear thee.

Judah’s Idolatry Persists

Jeremiah 11:14

KJV GOD

Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up a cry or prayer for them: for I will not hear them in the time that they cry unto me for their trouble.

The Broken Covenant

Jeremiah 14:11

KJV GOD

Then said the Lord unto me, Pray not for this people for their good.

Drought, Famine, Sword, and Plague

Drought and a Prayer for Mercy

Hebrews 6:4

KJV Holy Spirit

For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,

A Call to Maturity

The Peril of Falling Away

Hebrews 6:6

KJV

If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.

A Call to Maturity

The Peril of Falling Away

Hebrews 10:26

KJV

For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,

A Call to Persevere

Christ or Judgment

James 5:15

KJV

And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.

The Prayer of Faith

1 John 5:17

KJV

All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death.