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Allπᾶσαunrighteousnessἀδικίαisἐστίνsin,ἁμαρτίαandκαὶthere isἔστινsinἁμαρτίαnotοὐleading toπρὸςdeath.θάνατον
1 John 5:17
Study it in the app“All unrighteousness is sin, and there is sin not leading to death.”
With the Greek beneath
1 John 5:17, word by word
- unrighteousnessἀδικίαadikia
unrighteousness
Injustice, unrighteousness.
Where else “adikia” appears- isἐστίνestin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appears- sinἁμαρτίαhamartia
sin
Doing what God does not want, and the guilt it leaves.
Where else “hamartia” appears- deathθάνατονthanaton
death
The end of the body's life.
Where else “thanaton” appears
The context
16If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he will ask, and God will give him life, that is, to those who sin not leading to death. There is sin leading to death; I do not say that he should ask about that.
17 · This verse (above)
18We know that everyone who has been born of God does not keep on sinning, but the one who was born of God keeps him, and the evil one does not touch him.
To study 1 John 5 in a group
1. What it says
What does John say God has given us, and where is that life found (v. 11-12)?
2. What it means
John says he writes "so that you may know that you have eternal life" (v. 13). What connection does he see between believing and knowing?
3. How I live it
John speaks of confidence in prayer (v. 14-15). What do you want to tell God honestly today?