1 John 5:17

Contextual Overview

¹⁴This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. ¹⁴ This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. ¹⁴ This is the confidence which we have before Him, that, if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. ¹⁴We are courageous when we come before God because we know he loves us and listens to our needs. We know he will take care of us. ¹⁴ And we are certain that if we make any request to him which is right in his eyes, he will give ear to us: ¹⁴ And this is the boldness which we have towards him, that if we ask him anything according to his will he hears us. ¹⁴ This is the boldness which we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he listens to us. ¹⁴ And this is the confidence which we have in him, that if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us. ¹⁴ And we have an assured confidence that whenever we ask anything in accordance with His will, He listens to us. ¹⁴ And this is the confidence that we haue in him, that if wee aske any thing according to his will, hee heareth vs.

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all: 1 John 3:4, Deuteronomy 5:32, Deuteronomy 12:32

and: 1 John 5:16, Isaiah 1:18, Ezekiel 18:26-32, Romans 5:20, Romans 5:21, James 1:15, James 4:7-10

Reciprocal: Matthew 12:45 - and the

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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 unrighteousness is not unto death, as the sins of David, which were unrighteousness both to God and man, and yet they were put away, and he died not; Peter sinned very foully, and did great injustice to his dear Lord, and yet his sin was not unto death; he had repentance unto life given him, and a fresh application of pardoning grace:

and there is a sin not unto death; this is added for the relief of weak believers, who hearing of a sin unto death, not to be prayed for, might fear that theirs were of that kind, whereas none of them are; for though they are guilty of many unrighteousnesses, yet God is merciful to them and forgives, Hebrews 8:12, and so they are not unto death.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 are many other forms and degrees of sin, sin for which prayer may be made. Everything, he says, which is unrighteous - ἀδικία adikia - everything which does not conform to the holy law of God, and which is not right in the view of that law, is to be regarded as sin; but we are not to suppose that all sin of that kind is of such a character that it cannot possibly be forgiven. There are many who commit sin who we may hope will be recovered, and for them it is proper to pray. Deeply affected as we may be in view of the fact that there is a sin which can never be pardoned, and much as we may pity one who has been guilty of such a sin, yet we should not hastily conclude in any case that it has been committed, and should bear constantly in mind that while there is one such sin, there are multitudes that may be pardoned, and that for them it is our duty unceasingly to pray.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 17. All unrighteousness is sin — πασααδικια, Every act contrary to justice is sin-is a transgression of the law which condemns all injustice.